This axis brings together 1 usage location of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
He it is who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all religion; and sufficient is God as witness
Brief reading
The verse is used to affirm a single historical horizon based on making the religion of truth prevail over all other faiths.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Religion of truth: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the idea of the historical extension of religion in its general course.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage instances
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 534: He repeats with it the meaning of making the religion of truth prevail over all religions as a single historical horizon for religion.
- Concept: Religion of truth
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينَ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كُلِّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا}»
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