Al-Kahf 82

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This hub gathers 3 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as cited

I did not do it of my own accord. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear with patience.

Brief reading

The verse is used to highlight the limits of Moses’ patience, then to criticize the claim of esoteric knowledge, while also being treated as a conclusion that reveals the end of the event.

Axes

  • Narrative and historical
  • Methodological
  • Patience: 2
  • Revelation: 2
  • End of the event: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It links narrative, interpretation, and the methodological critique of some inherited readings.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 2
  • Critique of the heritage: 1

Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse

These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.

Uses

  • Islam and Faith, p. 257: He uses the omission of the tā’ in tastaʿi to say that Moses did not make enough effort in patience compared with what he later did.
    • Concept: patience
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: «- {… I did not do it of my own accord. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear with patience} (al-Kahf 82).»
  • The State and Society, p. 248: He cites it as evidence that the act of the righteous servant was a specific, discontinuous revelation, thereby rejecting the Sufis’ claim of esoteric knowledge.
    • Concept: revelation
    • Function of the verse here: critique of the heritage
    • Textual evidence: «At the end of the story, without any ambiguity, what the righteous servant did was a revelation from God—Exalted is He—: {I did not do it of my own accord …} (al-Kahf 82)»
    • Corresponding traditional reading: the esoteric knowledge of the saints
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 172: He makes it a conclusion that confirms that interpretation is the endpoint reached by the events.
    • Concept: end of the event
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: «And after the interpretation was completed, he said: {.. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear with patience}»

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