This axis gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

WHO TAUGHT BY THE PEN

Brief reading

The verse establishes the meaning of knowledge as being tied to teaching and to the objective world.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Methodological
  • knowledge: 2
  • teaching: 1
  • objective world: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It is used to regulate the meaning of knowledge within the network of understanding, not within the prohibition of image-making.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Establishment: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 528: Cited to show that knowledge and teaching are linked to the objective world, not to the prohibition of image-making.
    • Concept: knowledge
    • Function of the verse here: Establishment
    • Textual evidence: «because he said {WHO TAUGHT BY THE PEN}»

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