This locus gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
GOD HAS NOT TAKEN ANY OFFSPRING, NOR HAS THERE EVER BEEN WITH HIM ANY GOD. [If there had been], then each god would have taken away what it created, and some of them would surely have overpowered others. Glory be to God above what they describe.
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it within the debate on transcendence to affirm the negation of composition and the negation of multiplicity in the divine essence.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Methodological
Related concepts
- God’s oneness: 2
- Transcendence: 1
- Negation of composition: 1
- Negation of multiplicity: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the trajectory of criticizing notions that contradict God’s oneness.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the heritage: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 29: He cites it within the debate on transcendence to affirm the negation of composition and the negation of multiplicity in the divine essence.
- Concept: God’s oneness
- Function of the verse here: Critique of the heritage
- Textual evidence: ”{ مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ… } (Al-Mu’minun 91).”
Related books
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