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.

Verse text as cited

And when he reached maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge, and thus We reward the doers of good.

Brief reading

Shahrur makes it the basis for the stage of Joseph’s scientific and intellectual completion, while noting that it is not an invariable rule for all prophets.

Axes

  • Narrative and historical
  • Methodological
  • Genius: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to particularizing the example without generalizing it.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The Qur’anic Stories, vol. 2, p. 179: He makes the verse the basis for the stage of Joseph’s scientific and intellectual completion, while noting that it is not an invariable rule for all prophets.
    • Concept: Genius
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «And it is the stage to which His saying تعالى refers: {وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ آتَيْنَاهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا…} (Joseph 22)»

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