This axis gathers 1 location for the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that emerge around it.
The verse as cited
Say: He is Allah, One …
Brief reading
Here, the verses serve as a site for criticizing the reduction of Qur’anic understanding to grammatical constraints, while stressing that meaning is broader than such complication.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Language and jurisprudence: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the conceptual network through the question of language as an entry point for understanding the text, not confining it.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Uses
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 94: Cited to mock turning Qur’anic understanding into unnecessary grammatical cages, affirming that meaning goes beyond such complexity.
- Concept: Language and jurisprudence
- Function of the verse here: Critique of the tradition
- Textual witness: «Do you mean that His – تعالى – saying: { Say: He is Allah, One (1) … } (Al-Ikhlas 1-4) cannot be understood except by knowing the moods of the imperfect verb’s inflection?»
Related books
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