This locus brings together 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that surround it.
The verse as cited
Say: Who sent down the Book that Moses brought, a light and guidance for mankind …
Brief reading
The verse is invoked to affirm God’s uniqueness and to indicate the presence of the Book of Moses within the context of prior legislation.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Uniqueness: 2
- Book of Moses: 2
Its place in the concept network
It connects the meaning of uniqueness with the place of the earlier books within the legislative structure.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 56: He invokes it within his argument that God is One and is not of the genus of human beings, and therefore His “speech” cannot be measured against human linguistic speech.
- Concept: Uniqueness
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «{… أَحَدٌ} (الأنعام ٩١)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 384: He cites it to argue for the centrality of the Book of Moses in the earlier legislation and for the idea that the Muhammadan message came later to amend what was in it.
- Concept: Book of Moses
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {.. قُلْ مَنْ أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ مُوسَى نُورًا وَهُدًى لِلنَّاسِ …} (الأنعام ٩١).»
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