This axis brings together 1 locus of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Text of the Verse as Cited
That is because God is the Truth, and what they invoke besides Him is falsehood
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ Qur’an 22:62 in his discussion of knowledge of God and falsehood?
Shahrur employs the verse as evidence that the Qur’an calls God “the Truth” and contrasts with Him what is invoked besides Him as “falsehood.” From this, within his presentation of a theory of knowledge, he maintains that divine existence lies outside human consciousness and cannot be encompassed by human cognition. As for the claim that “human conceptions of God” are false without qualification, the cited passage does not state this in those terms and is not sufficient on its own to establish it.
Shahrur cites Qur’an 22:62 among verses in which the Qur’an calls God “the Truth” and contrasts what is invoked besides Him with “falsehood.” From the cited verses, including Qur’an 22:62, Shahrur develops the idea that God has an existence outside human consciousness and that human existence cannot comprehend Him.
Evidence and Location
The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought — p. 36.
Limits of the Reading
- The evidence consists of a single page from Shahrur’s book and establishes only the citation of the verse and its immediate epistemological context.
- The text does not state that all human conceptions of God are false, nor does this excerpt explain the types of such conceptions or the criteria for evaluating them.
- The verse’s contrast between God and what is invoked besides Him should not be turned into a comprehensive judgment on all human knowledge of God without additional evidence.
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Brief Reading
The verse supports the claim that some human conceptions of God may fall into falsehood and fail to correspond to the truth.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and Semantic
Related Concepts
- Falsehood: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It belongs to the network of distinguishing between divine truth and human conceptions of it.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 1
Loci of Use
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 36: He uses it to show that human conceptions of God may be false and fail to correspond to divine truth.
- Concept: falsehood
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “- {That is because God is the Truth, and what they invoke besides Him is falsehood …} (Pilgrimage 62)”
Related Books
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