This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are unjust. Indeed, His seizure is painful, severe.
Brief reading
The verse is made a basis for linking the destruction of towns to the spread of injustice within them, that is, to a collective behavior rather than to a single individual.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and moral
Related concepts
- Destruction of towns: 2
- Injustice: 2
- Collective behavior: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the concept of injustice when it becomes a general condition in society.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
- Support: 1
Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse
These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.
Related structural theses
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 109: Uses it to establish that the town is seized if injustice predominates in it, as a prelude to linking destruction to conscious collective behavior.
- Concept: Destruction of towns
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “Here we need to return to the verses that linked the destruction of towns to injustice, in His saying—Exalted is He—: {And thus is the seizure of your Lord … while they are unjust} (Hud 102)”
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 20: Employs it to strengthen his idea that unjust monolithic societies reject criticism and thus enter into destruction.
- Concept: Injustice
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “He says—Exalted is He—: {And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are unjust…} (Hud 102)“
Related books
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