This axis brings together 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
AND HAS ENUMERATED EVERYTHING BY NUMBER
Brief reading
Shahrur employs it to affirm that counting and enumeration represent a high degree of cognitive distinction and a disciplined perspective in knowledge.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Enumeration: 2
- Number: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of quantitative precision in constructing epistemic reading.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 297: He uses it to support the idea that counting and enumeration are the highest levels of cognitive distinction.
- Concept: Enumeration
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «… or separating quantity from quality … this is the finest kind of refining … and it is the numerical enumeration, which we said is the finest kind of knowledge {وَأَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا} (al-Jinn 28).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 325: He uses it to prove that God’s knowledge is mathematically disciplined and includes the numerical enumeration of things.
- Concept: Number
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{… وَأَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا} (al-Jinn 28)»
Related books
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