This axis gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
THE MOST MERCIFUL * TAUGHT THE QUR’AN * CREATED THE HUMAN BEING
Brief reading
He uses it to establish that the universe and life are governed by the objective laws of the Most Merciful that precede human awareness.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Creation and teaching: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is associated with a perspective in which human knowledge is preceded by a cosmic law.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Occurrences of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 34: He uses it to establish that the universe and life are governed by the objective laws of the Most Merciful that precede human awareness.
- Concept: creation and teaching
- Function of the verse here: foundational
- Textual citation: «{الرَّحْمَنُ (١) عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ (٢) خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ} (Ar-Rahman 1-3)»
Related books
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