This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Its knowledge is with my Lord in a Book; my Lord does not err, nor does He forget
Brief reading
He uses it to affirm that knowledge of the unseen is preserved with God, and that the prophets do not possess it except within specific limits.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Knowledge of the unseen: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into delimiting the boundaries of human and prophetic knowledge.
Its role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 92: He uses it to affirm that knowledge of the unseen is preserved with God, and that the prophets do not possess it at all, but only within specific limits.
- Concept: Knowledge of the unseen
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “And Moses’ saying to Pharaoh when he asked him about the former generations: { Its knowledge is with my Lord in a Book; my Lord does not err, nor does He forget } (Taha 52).”
Related books
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