This axis gathers 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 it appears
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Brief reading
The verse establishes the idea that existence requires an epistemic approximation that distinguishes interwoven relations.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Approximation: 2
- Relations: 1
- Epistemic distinction: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the method of separating relations in order to understand them.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 297: He takes it as the basis for the idea that existence is a set of interwoven relations that require epistemic pruning to separate them.
- Concept: Approximation
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “This is the finest kind of pruning … and this is what I explained in His saying, exalted is He, {خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ} (al-‘Alaq 2), that is, objective existence consists of interwoven relations with one another.”
Related books
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