This locus gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
He is God, there is no god except Him, Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Brief reading
It is used to support the convergence of knowledge of the unseen and the seen within his system of divine attributes.
Axes
- Faith
Related concepts
- Knowledge of the unseen: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It supports a doctrinal conception that brings together the unseen and the seen under the name “the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.”
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 34: cited as evidence for the convergence of knowledge of the unseen and the seen with the name “the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate” within his system of attributes.
- Concept: Knowledge of the unseen
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ} (الحشر ٢٢)»
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