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 text as cited
Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or from behind it; a revelation from One Wise, Praiseworthy.
Brief reading
He makes it a principle for affirming the Qur’an’s freedom from contradiction and the necessity of reading it as the direct foundational text.
Axes
- methodological
- faith-based
Related concepts
- Denial of contradiction: 3
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to his method of beginning with the text itself and refusing to make it subordinate to anything else.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Foundational: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and Human Beings: He makes it a principle for affirming the Qur’an’s freedom from contradiction and the necessity of reading it as the direct foundational text.
- Concept: Denial of contradiction
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: “The Book of God, which { falsehood cannot come to it from before it … } (Fussilat 42)”
- Islam and Human Beings: He cites it as evidence that the Book of God is a direct discourse free from contradiction, and therefore suitable to be the starting point instead of heritage.
- Concept: Denial of contradiction
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: ”{ falsehood cannot come to it … } (Fussilat 42), because it is His direct address to us, which cannot contain contradictions within it”
Related books
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