This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِ لَخَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ
Brief reading
It is cited to show that truth is a part of the Book, not the whole of it, and that the Qur’an is an objective truth within the structure of the Book.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Truth: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to defining the place of truth within his conceptual system of the Book and the Qur’an.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, pp. 45–46: He uses it to argue that truth is a part of the Book, not the whole of it, and that it confirms what is before it within the structure of the Book.
- Concept: Truth
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «The decisive answer to this question came in God’s saying: {وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ…} (Fatir 31). To show that truth is a part of the Book and not the whole Book»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He cites it to clarify that the Qur’an, in his view, is an objective truth and is not described as right or wrong in the way reports are.
- Concept: Truth
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «So he said of the Qur’an that it is truth and did not say that it is right: {وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ…}»
Related books
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