This axis brings together one instance of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
Are you the one who said to the people: Take me and my mother as two gods besides God
Brief reading
The verse appears as an example of rebuke to the prophets, showing that infallibility does not extend to every action outside the station of messengership.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Infallibility: 2
- Rebuke of the prophets: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to delimit the meaning of infallibility within the bounds of messengership, not beyond it.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 93: He cites it among examples of rebuke to the prophets to show that infallibility does not encompass all of their actions outside the station of messengership.
- Concept: Infallibility
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual proof: «And his saying to Jesus: { Are you the one who said to the people: Take me and my mother as two gods besides God } (Al-Ma’idah 116)»
Related books
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