This axis gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
A BOOK whose verses have been perfected, then detailed
Brief reading
The verse is used to construct the division of the Book into the definitive and the detailed, and to link that to the concept of the Mother of the Book and the reading methodology.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Definiteness and detail: 3
- Mother of the Book: 2
Its position in the conceptual network
It establishes the structure of reading based on definiteness, then detail.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
- Supportive: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 373: He uses it to reinforce the idea that the Mother of the Book is a definitive book with graduated legislative details.
- Concept: Definiteness and detail
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “and it is the definitive Book about which He said: {Alif Lam Ra. A Book whose verses have been perfected, then detailed…} (Hud 1)”
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 36: He cites it to divide the message into closed definitives and interpretive details, linking understanding to ijtihad.
- Concept: Definiteness and detail
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: ”{ Alif Lam Ra. A Book whose verses have been perfected, then detailed from One who is Wise and Informed } (Hud 1).”
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 41: He makes the verse the basis for dividing the Book into the definitive and the detailed, and for building the concept of the message on this division.
- Concept: Mother of the Book
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “It is the verses that include the verses of the Mother of the Book (the definitive Book) and the verses of its detailing, according to His saying تعالى: { Alif Lam Ra. A Book whose verses have been perfected, then detailed … } (Hud 1).”
Related books
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