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.
The verse text as cited
This is because God is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood
Brief reading
The verse is used to establish the contrast between truth and its opposite, falsehood or illusion, while highlighting the difference between genuine meaning and human representation.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Truth: 2
- Falsehood and illusion: 1
- Falsehood: 1
- Illusion: 1
- Contrast between reality and representations: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters the network of truth, falsehood, and illusion as a decisive verse between signification and nonexistence.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Distinction: 1
Usage locations
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 36: He uses it to reinforce the same contrast between divine truth and non-matching human representations.
- Concept: Truth
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ …} (Luqman 30)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 286: He cites it to argue that falsehood, for him, is not an epistemic error but an illusion with no objective existence.
- Concept: Falsehood and illusion
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «Because it is an illusion, and we do not call it an error, according to His – Exalted is He – saying: {ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ …} (Luqman 30).»
Related books
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