This axis gathers 2 instances of the 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
and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s work, the verse comes to clarify the limits of human knowledge through the senses, in contrast to God’s complete scientific encompassing.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Sensory knowledge: 2
- Scientific encompassing: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the network of concepts that distinguishes between limited human perception and God’s all-encompassing knowledge.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 230: He uses it as evidence that human access to knowledge occurs only through the means God intended, namely hearing, sight, and the heart.
- Concept: sensory knowledge
- Function of the verse here: establishing
- Textual citation: «Here we understand the meaning of His saying تعالى: {.. and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills} (al-Baqara 255)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 325: He cites it to show that the knowledge of created beings is limited in comparison with God’s complete encompassing.
- Concept: scientific encompassing
- Function of the verse here: supporting
- Textual citation: «{.. and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills…} (al-Baqara 255).»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of atlas construction.