Ghafir 2

This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

THE SENDING DOWN OF THE BOOK IS FROM GOD, THE MIGHTY, THE KNOWING

Brief reading

It is used to affirm that the phrase “the sending down of the Book” includes multiple themes of the Book and is not confined to the Qur’an alone.

Axes

• Methodological
• Linguistic and semantic

Related concepts

• Sending down of the Book: 3

Its place in the conceptual network

It serves his construction of the separation between the Book and the Remembrance within the formulation of revelation.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Support: 2

Places of use

• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 145: He uses it together with its parallels to affirm that the formula “the sending down of the Book” includes multiple themes of the Book, not the Qur’an alone.
  • Concept: Sending down of the Book
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual evidence: “{THE SENDING DOWN OF THE BOOK IS FROM GOD, THE MIGHTY, THE KNOWING} (Ghafir 2)”
• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 156: He cites it to establish that the Book has a revealed aspect distinct from the Remembrance as a formulation.
  • Concept: Sending down of the Book
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual evidence: “And he summarized the revelation in it by saying: ﴿THE SENDING DOWN OF THE BOOK IS FROM GOD, THE MIGHTY, THE KNOWING﴾”

Related books

• The Book and the Qur’an

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