This locus 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.
Text of the verse as quoted
Then, when he withdrew from them … We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob, and each We made a prophet
Brief reading
For him, the verse comes to distinguish the rank of the prophet from the rank of the messenger, by affirming that prophethood may exist without messengership.
Axes
- faith-based
- methodological
Related concepts
- prophethood: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into regulating the conceptual distinctions between prophetic ranks.
The verse’s role in the argument
- distinction: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 138: cited to show that prophethood may exist without messengership, in order to distinguish between the rank of the prophet and the rank of the messenger.
- concept: prophethood
- function of the verse here: distinction
- textual evidence: «Some of them were prophets only and did not carry a message, such as Isaac and Jacob; { … and each We made a prophet }»
Related books
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