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 * TAUGHT HIM CLARIFICATION
Brief reading
It presents it as an example of verses of prophethood that are understood under the rubric of belief and disbelief, not under the rubric of command and prohibition, obedience and disobedience.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Prophethood: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to separate the rank of prophethood from the rank of legal responsibility.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- The Messengerial Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 86: He uses it as an example of verses of prophethood that are understood under the rubric of belief and disbelief, not under the rubric of command and prohibition, obedience and disobedience.
- Concept: prophethood
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual citation: «{THE MOST MERCIFUL * TAUGHT THE QUR’AN * CREATED THE HUMAN BEING * TAUGHT HIM البيان} al-Rahman 1-4. Verses from the Book of Prophethood (the Qur’an) in which there is no command or prohibition requiring obedience, but rather belief or disbelief»
- The corresponding traditional reading: the Book of Prophethood
Related books
- The Messengerial Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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