This hub gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as it appears
Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron…
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s work, the verse appears in the context of arranging the appearance of Aaron with Moses, as a prelude to a contextual reading of the phrase sister of Aaron.
Hubs
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- message: 2
- sending forth: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to regulate the narrative sequence in the relation between the message and sending forth.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 213: He invokes it to arrange Aaron’s appearance with Moses in the context of the message, as a prelude to reading “sister of Aaron” contextually.
- Concept: message
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: “{Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron…} (Yunus 75).”
- Islam and Faith, p. 214: He uses it to indicate that Aaron comes after Moses’ sending forth, not before it, in the Qur’anic narrative, supporting the idea of the development of Aaron’s presence in the Revelation.
- Concept: sending forth
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: “As we understand from His saying تعالى: - {Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron…} (Yunus 75).”
Related books
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