This axis gathers 2 instances 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
And He it is who created the heavens and the earth in truth …
Brief reading
The verse is made into a basis for reading the universe as created in truth and open to understanding and study.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Creation in truth: 2
- Truth: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It connects the concept of truth with building a vision of existence that is not based on absurdity.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 37: He uses it to prove that the cosmos is an object of truth and is open to scientific study, not illusion or absurdity.
- Concept: creation in truth
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- {وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ …} (الأنعام 73)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 58: He uses it to state that God’s words are the very entities of existence and the objective truth in the world, not mere words.
- Concept: truth
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «{قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ} (الأنعام ٧٣)»
Related books
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