This locus brings together 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 text as cited

And build the Ark under Our eyes and by Our revelation

Brief reading

The verse is presented as an example of the Ark as a craft guided by revelation, and of the use of discourse in the narrative context.

Loci

  • Narrative and historical
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Ark: 2
  • discourse: 2
  • revelation: 1
  • flood: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to the flood narrative and to the distinction between discourse and disputation.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1
  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 14: He makes it evidence that the making of the Ark was done with divine care and revelation in the face of the flood.
    • Concept: Ark
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: “as indicated by the saying of God تعالى {وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا…} (Hud 37)”
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 277: He uses it to distinguish discourse from disputation and dialogue when the other party’s stance is not yet known.
    • Concept: discourse
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: “as in God’s saying to Noah {… وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ} (Hud 37).”

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