This axis gathers one locus of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Text of the verse as cited

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ … قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

Brief reading

The two verses are cited as evidence that the people are a rational human collectivity to which a warning discourse is directed.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • The people: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It links the concept of the people with discourse and admonition within a specific human collectivity.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Loci of use

  • Islam and the Human: it is cited to show that the people are a rational human collectivity to which a warning discourse is directed.
    • Concept: the people
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual witness: «This discourse first appears with Noah, as He تعالى says: { إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ … } (Noah 1-2).»

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