This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as given
Have you not seen how Allah created seven heavens in layers * and made the moon therein a light and made the sun a lamp
Brief reading
It is cited to depict the community of Noah as worshipping natural phenomena such as the sun and the moon.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Nature worship: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to a historical reading of nature worship in the ancient community.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- The Qur’anic Storytelling, vol. 2, p. 13: Cited to show that the community of Noah worshipped natural phenomena such as the sun and the moon.
- Concept: Nature worship
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللهُ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا * وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا} (نوح ١٥-١٦)»
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