This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
HE SAID, “Rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who originated them, and I am among those who bear witness to that.”
Brief reading
The verse is used to show that testimony may be a testimony of knowledge and inference, not a testimony of direct presence.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Cognitive testimony: 2
- Inference: 1
- Knowledge: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to his distinction between types of testimony in Qur’anic usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Human Being: He uses it to show that a witness may bear witness through inference and knowledge, not by being present at the time of the act itself, as in Abraham’s reasoning.
- Concept: Cognitive testimony
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «As for the case of the witness, we read His saying, exalted be He: { HE SAID, “Rather, your Lord … AND I AM AMONG THOSE WHO BEAR WITNESS TO THAT.” } (Al-Anbiya 56).»
Related books
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