This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse text as cited
That is because God is the Truth, and what they invoke besides Him is falsehood
Brief reading
The verse supports the claim that some human conceptions of God may fall into falsehood and do not correspond to the truth.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Falsehood: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the network of distinguishing between divine truth and human conceptions of it.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 36: used to show that human conceptions of God may be false and not correspond to divine truth.
- Concept: falsehood
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: «- {ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ …} (الحج 62)»
Related books
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