This locus 1 gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse as quoted
When the terror had left Abraham and the good news had come to him, he argued with Us concerning the people of Lot … O Abraham, turn away from this
Brief reading
The story of Abraham is used to show the alternation, within one and the same person, between forbearance and delay, or haste.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Argument: 2
- Abraham: 1
- Forbearance: 1
- Haste: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
The story makes an example of psychological and ethical transformation in the human being.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 278: He uses the story of Abraham to illustrate the alternation, within one and the same person, between forbearance and delay, or haste.
- Concept: argument
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual witness: “He says of Abraham: {When the terror had left Abraham and the good news had come to him, he argued with Us concerning the people of Lot …} (Hud 74, 75) … and God replied to him: {O Abraham, turn away from this…} (Hud 76).”
Related books
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