This axis gathers one occurrence 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

So when Our command came, We saved Salih and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and from the disgrace of that day …

Brief reading

It is used together with others to affirm that the fulfillment of the divine command is accompanied by objective events in history.

Axes

  • Methodological
  • Political and social
  • The divine command: 2
  • Objective events: 1
  • History: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It links the divine principle with the movement of history and events.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • State and Society, p. 24: He uses it with the other verses to affirm that the fulfillment of the divine command is accompanied by objective events in history.
    • Concept: The divine command
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual evidence: «{So when Our command came, We saved Salih …} (Hud 66),»

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