This locus 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 cited
SAY, “I AM NOT THE FIRST OF THE MESSENGERS, NOR DO I KNOW WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH ME OR WITH YOU …”
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse confirms that the Prophet’s knowledge is limited to what is revealed to him, and that his role is following, not legislating from himself.
Loci
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Limited knowledge: 2
- Following: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves a methodological construction that separates revelation from the Prophet’s personal knowledge.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and Human Beings, p. 40: He cites it to affirm that the Prophet ﷺ does not know his own fate or the fate of people except what is revealed to him.
- Concept: Limited knowledge
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمْ … } (al-Ahqaf 9)»
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 48: He uses it together with other verses to prove that the messenger follows revelation and does not legislate initially.
- Concept: Following
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «and that he only follows what is revealed to him from the تنزيل (see al-An’am 50, al-A’raf 203, Yunus 15, al-Ahqaf 9)»
Related books
- Islam and Human Beings
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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