This axis gathers 4 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَأَثَارَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ
Brief reading
Shahrur considers the verse the basis for the idea that the Qur’anic stories are preserved in the Clear Imam as a record of events.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- The Clear Imam: 5
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the concept of the historical archive that organizes the material of Qur’anic narrative.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Establishing: 4
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative Vol. 1, p. 17: He builds on it a view that the Qur’anic stories are human events recorded and preserved in the Clear Imam after they occur.
- Concept: The Clear Imam
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «ومن خلال نظرنا في التنزيل الحكيم وقوله تعالى: {إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَأَثَارَهُمْ … فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ} (يس:١٢)؛ فهمنا أن القصص القرآني مجموعة أحداث إنسانية تم تسجيلها بعد وقوعها»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 58: He makes it the basis of the mutable part of the Qur’an, that is, what is extracted from the Clear Imam from the events of nature and partial history.
- Concept: The Clear Imam
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{… وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَخْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ} (يس ١٢)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 13: He takes the verse as evidence that the Qur’anic stories are preserved in the “Clear Imam” as a historical archive.
- Concept: The Clear Imam
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «إضافة إلى القصص القرآني (الإمام المبين)، {وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ…} (يس ١٢)»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 34: He defines the Clear Imam as the archive of human events from which the material of Qur’anic narrative is extracted.
- Concept: The Clear Imam
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَأَثَارَهُمْ … } (يس ١٢).»
Related books
- The Qur’anic Narrative Vol. 1
- The Book and the Qur’an
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.