This axis gathers 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
Dū […] There is not for God to take a son. Glory be to Him. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.
Brief reading
The story of Jesus is used here as an example of divine decree linked to the word and to creation outside of human choice.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- The word: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters the network of interpreting creation through the word within the faith-based reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 23: He uses the story of Jesus as an example of divine decree linked to the word and creation outside human choice.
- Concept: The word
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «As the birth of Christ without a father was subjected to that in His, Exalted is He, saying: {DULIKA ʿĪsā ibn Maryam…} (Maryam 34, 35).»
Related books
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