This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
SAY: I DO NOT SAY TO YOU THAT I HAVE THE TREASURES OF GOD, NOR DO I KNOW THE UNSEEN …
Brief reading
The verse is employed to negate knowledge of the unseen from the Prophet ﷺ and to confine his position to following revelation.
Axes
- Faith
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Negation of knowledge of the unseen: 2
- Following: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of following and to defining the Messenger’s position within the limits of reception.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- Islam and Human, p. 40: He employs it to negate knowledge of the unseen from the Prophet ﷺ and to affirm that he follows revelation only.
- Concept: Negation of knowledge of the unseen
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ SAY: I DO NOT SAY TO YOU THAT I HAVE THE TREASURES OF GOD, NOR DO I KNOW THE UNSEEN … } (al-An’am 50)»
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 48: He cites it among a group of verses to establish that the Messenger does not come from himself, but follows only what is revealed to him.
- Concept: Following
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «and that he only follows what is revealed to him from the revelation (see al-An’am 50, al-A’raf 203, Yunus 15, al-Ahqaf 9)»
Related books
- Islam and Human
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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