This axis brings together 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with links to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
{ Indeed, those who conceal what We have sent down of clear signs and guidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book—those are the ones whom God curses… }
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse establishes an understanding of exposition as disclosure and non-concealment, together with the demand to verify reports.
Axes
- methodological
- linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- exposition: 3
- verification of report: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is directly linked to the rule of referring statements back to the Book and not loading the text with what it does not indicate.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 1
- critique of the heritage: 1
- foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 17: He cites Ibn Abbas’s statement to reinforce the rule of rejecting what God’s Book does not attest.
- concept: verification of report
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: “If someone tells you a report from the Messenger of God and you do not find its confirmation in the Book of God, then he is a liar.”
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 35: Here, exposition is understood to mean declaration and non-concealment, not the detailed explanation that some attribute to the Prophet or to the heritage.
- concept: exposition
- function of the verse here: critique of the heritage
- textual evidence: “{ Indeed, those who conceal what We have sent down … in the Book … } (al-Baqara 159)”
- corresponding traditional reading: exposition in the sense of explanation and elaboration
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 121: He uses it to define exposition as revealing what was sent down, not explaining it, and to present the Messenger’s function as conveying, not detailed interpretation.
- concept: exposition
- function of the verse here: foundation
- textual evidence: “- exposition: it is the opposite of concealment… as God Most High says: { Indeed, those who conceal what We have sent down of clear signs and guidance … } (al-Baqara 159).”
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
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