This axis gathers 1 instance 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
ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ اللهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ
Brief reading
The verse is used to establish that divine testimony is understood as hearing-and-vision knowledge without embodiment.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Hearing and vision: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the concept of divine knowledge as Shahrur reads it in Qur’anic language.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Human: He uses it to explain divine testimony as hearing-and-vision knowledge without embodiment.
- Concept: hearing and vision
- Verse function here: support
- Textual evidence: «Many verses state that God is described by the attributes of hearing and vision without embodiment, as in His saying تعالى: { ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ … وَأَنَّ اللهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ } (Hajj 61)»
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