This axis brings together 1 instance 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 cited
And this Qur’an was not such as could be forged… but [it is] a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed exposition of the Book
Brief reading
The verse comes as a foundational text in the claim that the Qur’an is a confirmation of what came before it and, at the same time, a detailing of the Book.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Detailing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It forms a foundation in constructing the relationship between the Qur’an and the Book in the conceptual reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 70: He makes it a central text in his interpretation that the Qur’an is a confirmation of what came before it and, at the same time, a detailing of the Book.
- Concept: Detailing
- The verse’s function here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «{وَمَا كَانَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَنْ يُفْتَرَى … وَلَكِنْ تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ الْكِتَابِ} (يونس ٣٧)»
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