This axis brings together 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 quoted
Indeed, it is the truth, like the fact that you speak.
Brief reading
It is used to argue that speech is a natural human right, not a sign that every utterance issued by the Prophet is a reception of revelation.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Truth: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves a semantic distinction between natural truth and revelation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 44: He employs it to affirm that speech is a natural right of human beings, like cosmic truths, and not evidence of receiving revelation in every utterance issued by the Prophet.
- Concept: truth
- The verse’s function here: support
- Textual citation: “as in His saying تعالى {إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنْكُمُ تَنْطِقُونَ} al-Dhāriyāt 23”
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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