This locus brings together one instance of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, with links to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
AND AMONG THEM ARE UNLETTERED ONES WHO DO NOT KNOW THE BOOK EXCEPT THROUGH EMPTY CONJECTURES, AND THEY DO NOTHING BUT GUESS
Brief reading
He makes it evidence that the ummi is the one ignorant of the Book of the Jews and Christians, that is, outside their religious knowledge.
Loci
- linguistic and semantic
- faith-related
Associated concepts
- illiteracy: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It connects the linguistic definition of illiteracy with the limits of religious knowledge.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 124: He makes it another piece of evidence that the ummi is the one ignorant of the Book of the Jews and Christians, that is, outside their religious knowledge.
- concept: illiteracy
- function of the verse here: support
- textual citation: «{وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ…} (Al-Baqarah 78).»
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