This axis brings together 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 as cited
It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light and determined for it phases, so that you may know the number of years and the calculation …
Brief reading
At Shahrur’s, the verse is used to affirm that destiny is a disciplined system governed by universal laws that can be understood and calculated.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Destiny: 2
- Universal laws: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It links destiny to universal laws in a vision that makes the universe intelligible.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 25: He cites it to show that destiny is the system of existence and its laws, which make calculation and knowledge possible.
- Concept: Destiny
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light and determined for it phases …} (Jonah 5).»
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 37: He uses it to show that the universe is governed by laws that can be understood and calculated, not by chaos.
- Concept: Universal laws
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light …} (Jonah 5)»
Related books
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