This locus 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 cited
{And they do not bring you any example except that We bring you the truth and a better explanation}
Brief reading
The verse is made into a linguistic basis for distinguishing between what comes from the human sphere and what comes from God.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Distinguishing between coming and bringing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to establishing the boundary between divine legislation and human ijtihad.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
Uses
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 112: He takes it as a linguistic basis for distinguishing between what comes from within the human sphere and what comes from God, as a prelude to distinguishing divine legislation from the Messenger’s ijtihad.
- Concept: distinguishing between coming and bringing
- The verse’s function here: establishing
- Textual evidence: «His saying تعالى: {And they do not bring you any example except that We bring you the truth and a better explanation} al-Furqan 33, for the verse settles the meaning of both of my verbs (ja’a) and (ata)…»
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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