This axis brings together one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

Said his qareen, “Our Lord, I did not make him transgress…”

Brief reading

He makes the verse an example of the qareen as an accompanying element of temptation.

Axes

  • Faith-related
  • Human and ethical
  • Qareen: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It connects the presence of the qareen with the course of temptation in the human experience.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 62: He makes the verse an example of the qareen as an accompanying element of temptation.
    • Concept: qareen
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: “And it is the qareen who tries to lead him into error and illusion, according to His saying تعالى: { Said his qareen, ‘Our Lord, I did not make him transgress …’ } (Q 26–27).”

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