This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you conceal and what you disclose, and God is Knowing of what lies within the breasts
Brief reading
The verse affirms that God’s knowledge reaches what stirs within the breasts just as it reaches what is outward.
Axes
- Faith
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- What lies within the breasts: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of knowledge of the human interior and its not being hidden.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- Islam and Iman, pp. 248-249: He uses it to affirm that God’s knowledge encompasses human thoughts and inner stirrings just as it encompasses the heavens and the earth.
- Concept: What lies within the breasts
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- {يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ…} (التغابن ٤).»
- Islam and Iman, p. 249: He pairs it with Al Imran 29 to confirm that the breast is the locus of thought and that God knows the secret and the declared, as well as what stirs within what lies in the breasts.
- Concept: What lies within the breasts
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- {يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ…} (التغابن ٤).»
Related books
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