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.
Text of the verse as cited
That is because God is the Truth …
Reader’s answer
Question
Where does Shahrur situate Pilgrimage 6, what distinction does he derive from it, and what function does it serve in his argument?
Shahrur cites Pilgrimage 6 in the course of discussing epistemology. He treats it as evidence for calling divine existence “the Truth,” within his division of existence into divine and cosmic; the evidence alone does not independently provide a detailed account of the meaning of cosmic existence or of methods for studying it.
Shahrur employs Pilgrimage 6 in his presentation of epistemology as Qur’anic evidence that divine existence is what the Qur’an calls “the Truth.” At this point, Shahrur constructs a distinction between two types of existence: divine and cosmic, linking the description “the Truth” to the divine type.
Evidence and location
The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought — p. 36.
Limits of the reading
- The evidence establishes that Shahrur cites Pilgrimage 6 and links “the Truth” to divine existence.
- The evidence does not provide a detailed definition of cosmic existence, nor does it alone establish its characterization as “objective and open to study.”
- This evidence from the verse alone does not establish a relation of synonymy or non-synonymy among other terms.
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Brief reading
The verse establishes the distinction between divine truth and what is studied as objective existence in the construction of knowledge.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- the Truth: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It forms a starting point for distinguishing between the domain of faith and the domain of examining reality.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 36: He employs it in epistemology to distinguish between true divine existence and objective existence open to study.
- Concept: the Truth
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “- {That is because God is the Truth …} (Pilgrimage 6)”
Related books
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