This axis gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as it appears
Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful
Brief reading
Shahrur cites it as evidence that naba’ and informing belong to the station of prophethood, and that the prophet conveys the unseen rather than bearing witness to it.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Prophethood: 2
- Informing: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves his distinction between the station of prophethood and the station of witnessing.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He cites it to argue that naba’ belongs to the station of prophethood and that the prophet informs people of divine unseen matters, rather than holding the station of witnessing over God.
- Concept: Prophethood
- Role of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful} (Al-Hijr 49)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He uses it to show that naba’/informing belongs to the station of prophethood and that the prophet conveys the unseen, not bearing witness to it.
- Concept: Informing
- Role of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And from here came the divine command to the noble prophet, saying: {Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful}»
Related books
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