This locus gathers one instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

THE SIGHT DID NOT SWERVE, NOR DID IT EXCEED THE LIMIT

Brief reading

He makes it a corroborating proof that the witnessing took place through sight and the heart within a particular perceptual experience.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Faith-based
  • sight: 2
  • heart: 1
  • witnessing: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It supports a conception that links vision with sight and the heart together.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 322: He makes it a corroborating proof that the witnessing took place through sight and the heart within a particular perceptual experience.
    • Concept: sight
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual witness: «And in His saying, {THE SIGHT DID NOT SWERVE, NOR DID IT EXCEED THE LIMIT} (An-Najm 17).»

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