This axis 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.
Text of the verse as cited
When Our command came, We made its uppermost part its lowermost, and rained upon it stones of baked clay, in piled-up layers
Brief reading
He uses it to explain that the decisive divine command may manifest in cosmic phenomena such as stones and spatial inversion.
Axes
- methodological
- political and social
Related concepts
- divine command: 2
- cosmic phenomena: 1
- spatial inversion: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It emphasizes the presence of the divine command in concrete cosmic events.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 24: He uses it to explain that the decisive divine command may manifest in cosmic phenomena such as stones and spatial inversion.
- Concept: divine command
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: «{فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا…} (Hud 82),»
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