This locus gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
Say: What thing is greatest in testimony? Say: Allah is witness between me and you, and this Qur’an has been revealed to me that I may warn you by it
Brief reading
He uses it to prove that God is the greatest witness and that the Qur’an is a tool for warning and proof.
Axes
- Faith
- Methodological
Related concepts
- God’s testimony: 2
- Warning and proof: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the concept of testimony as a foundation in constructing the argument.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 169: He employs it to establish that God is the greatest witness, and that the Qur’an itself is a means of warning and proof in the debate over testimony.
- Concept: God’s testimony
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “By the indication of His saying, exalted be He: {Say: What thing is greatest in testimony? Say: Allah is witness between me and you…} (al-An’am 19).”
Related books
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