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 as quoted
فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ… وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ
Brief reading
The verse is cited to establish that the term and punishment may be deferred according to real-world conditions.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Reprieve: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the idea of suspension and reprieve in dealing with the consequence.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 349: cited as evidence that the term and punishment may be deferred according to real-world conditions, not in an absolute fixed manner.
- Concept: Reprieve
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual witness: «We also see how he deferred the destruction of the people of Jonah by saying {فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آَمَنَتْ… وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ} (Yunus 98).»
Related books
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