This axis brings together one 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 quoted
And we thought that we would never frustrate Allah on earth…
Brief reading
It is cited to show that الظن may also indicate doubt, as one of the opposites.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- الظن: 2
- doubt: 1
- opposites: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to fix the multiple meaning of a single word.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinguishing: 1
Places of use
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 53: He cites it to show that الظن may also indicate doubt, for it is one of the opposites.
- Concept: supposition
- Function of the verse here: Distinguishing
- Textual evidence: «And the meaning of doubt came in the saying of the Exalted: { وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللَّهَ … } (al-Jinn 21).»
Related books
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