This axis gathers 2 instances 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 it appears
{ YOUR RECITATION IS THE VERSES OF THE CLEAR BOOK * WE HAVE SENT IT DOWN AS AN ARABIC QUR’AN SO THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND * WE RELATE TO YOU THE BEST OF STORIES THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE REVEALED TO YOU IN THIS QUR’AN, AND BEFORE IT YOU WERE AMONG THE UNAWARE }
Brief reading
For Shahrur, these verses are made the basis for connecting the Clear Book with the Qur’anic narrative, and for showing that narrative is part of the Qur’an, not outside it.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Narrative: 2
- The Clear Book: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves the idea that the Clear Book is a domain of narrative, not a book of legislation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 79: He considers these verses a model for linking the Clear Book with the Qur’an and narrative together, in order to prove that narrative is part of the Qur’an and not something external to it.
- Concept: narrative
- Function of the verse here: foundational
- Textual evidence: «{THESE ARE THE VERSES OF THE CLEAR BOOK * WE HAVE SENT IT DOWN AS AN ARABIC QUR’AN … WE RELATE TO YOU THE BEST OF STORIES …} (Joseph 1-3)»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 34: He makes it evidence that the Clear Book is the totality of the Qur’anic narratives, including the Muhammad narrative, not a book of legislation.
- Concept: the Clear Book
- Function of the verse here: foundational
- Textual evidence: «The Clear Book appears in His saying تعالى: { … } (Joseph 1-3).»
Related books
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