This hub 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.
The verse text as cited
And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice
Brief reading
The verse is read here as a witness to the truthfulness of the laws of existence and to the possibility of grounding knowledge in this truthfulness.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Truthfulness and justice: 2
- Laws of existence: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It supports the idea that contemporary reading begins from the regularity of meaning in both the cosmos and the text.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 15: He makes it a witness that existence and its laws do not deceive anyone, and that scientific knowledge can rely on the truthfulness of God’s words in the universe.
- Concept: Truthfulness and justice
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ وَثَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا } (الأنعام ١١٥).»
Related books
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