This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse text as cited
Say: It is He who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and hearts. Little do you give thanks.
Brief reading
Shahrur groups it with al-Nahl 78 to emphasize that hearing and sight are tools of knowledge granted to human beings from the outset.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Hearing and sight: 2
- Human tools of knowledge: 1
Its place in the concept network
It supports his conception of the sources of human knowledge and their limits.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 228: He groups it with al-Nahl 78 to emphasize that the tools of human knowledge are created and granted to human beings from the outset.
- Concept: hearing and sight
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{Say: It is He who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and hearts} (al-Mulk 23).»
Related books
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