This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as quoted
And We have certainly tested those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars
Brief reading
The verse supports the idea that knowledge appears after trial within the classification of actions, not as a deficiency in God’s knowledge.
Axes
- methodological
- faith-related
Associated concepts
- trial: 2
- knowledge: 1
- actions: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to separate the level of testing from the level of divine knowledge.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 1
Usage locations
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 330: cited to show that knowledge here becomes manifest after trial within the classification of actions, not as a deficiency in God’s knowledge.
- concept: trial
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «{وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ…} (العنكبوت ٣)»
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