This axis gathers 1 locus of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
Brief reading
The verse is mentioned in the context of criticizing the use of it as evidence for anthropomorphism, because this understanding leads to composing the divine essence.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Human attributes: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the network of distinguishing between human characteristics and what is not befitting of the divine essence.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Uses
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 29: Those who permit anthropomorphism cite it to argue that the human being itself was described with attributes, and Shahrur then criticizes this inference because it leads to composing the divine essence.
- Concept: human attributes
- Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «{ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا } (al-insan ٢).»
- The corresponding traditional reading: those who allow anthropomorphism
Related books
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