This locus gathers 1 instance 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 HIS THRONE WAS UPON THE WATER

Brief reading

He uses it to link the Throne to the first material element in existence and makes it connected to his cosmic interpretation of hydrogen.

Loci

  • Faith
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • The Throne: 2
  • Existence: 1
  • Hydrogen: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It inserts the concept of the Throne into a distinctive cosmic semantic construction.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 202: He uses it to link the Throne to the first material element in existence, and makes it connected to his cosmic interpretation of hydrogen.
    • Concept: the Throne
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «So he said: {And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His Throne was upon the water} (Hud 7), that is, His command was upon the element constituting existence, which is hydrogen.»

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