This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
He is God
Brief reading
He uses it in response to the assumption of masculinity in God because of Arabic pronouns.
Loci
- Linguistic and semantic
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- The divine essence: 2
- Arabic pronouns: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to regulate linguistic understanding away from human projections.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Principles for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 132: He uses it in the context of responding to those who suppose masculinity in God because of Arabic pronouns.
- Concept: the divine essence
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual evidence: “Some of them [say] that God is masculine; { He is God } (Al-An’am 3),“
Related books
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