This axis gathers 3 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
{Rather, they denied what they had not encompassed in knowledge, and whose interpretation had not yet come to them..}
Brief reading
The verse is used to affirm that the ambiguous text is understood through interpretation, and that denial is caused by haste before understanding is complete.
Axes
- methodological
- linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- interpretation: 2
- denial before interpretation: 2
- delayed interpretation: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into a network that distinguishes between the apparent meaning of the statement and its later scientific outcome.
The verse’s role in the argument
- critique of heritage: 2
- support: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 70: He cites it as evidence that the ambiguous Qur’an is open to interpretation, not direct explanation, and that denial occurred before its interpretation was encompassed.
- concept: interpretation
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «{Rather, they denied what they had not encompassed in knowledge, and whose interpretation had not yet come to them} (Yunus 39)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 164: He uses it to say that denial occurred because of haste before the scientific interpretation arrived.
- concept: denial before interpretation
- function of the verse here: critique of heritage
- textual evidence: «{Rather, they denied what they had not encompassed in knowledge, and whose interpretation had not yet come to them..}»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 171: He employs it to show that denial was caused by the lack of encompassing knowledge before the arrival of interpretation.
- concept: delayed interpretation
- function of the verse here: critique of heritage
- textual evidence: «{Rather, they denied what they had not encompassed in knowledge, and whose interpretation had not yet come to them..}»
Related books
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