This axis collects 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
He said: O Moses, I have chosen you above the people with My messages and with My speech
Brief reading
He uses it to distinguish the message from mere inspired speech in his division between the Mother of the Book and the Qur’an.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- message and speech: 1
- message: 1
- speech: 1
- Mother of the Book: 1
- Qur’an: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It supports the conceptual distinction within his project in the Book and the Qur’an.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 187: He uses it to distinguish the message from mere inspired speech, in his division between the Mother of the Book and the Qur’an.
- Concept: message and speech
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{قَالَ يَا مُوسَى إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَتِي وَبِكَلَامِي}»
Related books
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