This axis brings together 2 instances 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 cited
He created man * Taught him clarification
Brief reading
Shahrur builds on it a definition of clarification as disclosure and verbal articulation, as a prelude to distinguishing between saying and clarification.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- البيان: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It represents a foundational point in the network of linguistic concepts around clarification and speech.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
Instances of use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 45: He makes the verse the basis for defining clarification as expression, disclosure, and verbal articulation, as a prelude to distinguishing between God’s saying and the messenger’s saying.
- Concept: clarification
- Role of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «The Wise Revelation gave both of them the name “البيان” in His saying تعالى {خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ * عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ} al-Rahman 3, 4»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 233: He builds on it his definition of utterance as rational clarification, not merely sound, as a prelude to distinguishing it from saying and wording.
- Concept: clarification
- Role of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «As for utterance, it is البيان according to al-Zamakhshari, in the interpretation of His saying – تعالى –: {خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ (٣) عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ} (al-Rahman 3, 4)»
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
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