This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with a connection to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
God is the One who created seven heavens and, of the earth, the like of them. The command descends among them so that you may know that God has power over all things and that God has encompassed all things in knowledge
Brief reading
The verse is cited as evidence that God’s knowledge encompasses everything, and for him this is the essence of the name al-Shahīd.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Scientific comprehensiveness: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to an understanding of the name al-Shahīd through the meaning of comprehensive encompassing.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- Islam and Human: He cites it as evidence that God’s knowledge encompasses everything, and for him this is the essence of the name al-Shahīd.
- Concept: Scientific comprehensiveness
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «As He, exalted is He, says: { God is the One who created seven heavens … and that God has encompassed all things } [At-Talaq 12]»
Related books
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