This axis brings together 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

And mention in the Book Moses … and he was a messenger, a prophet

Brief reading

He cites it among examples that show the conjunction of messengerhood and prophethood in some persons but not in others.

Axes

  • Faith-related
  • Methodological
  • Prophethood: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It supports a conceptual ordering that distinguishes between degrees of election.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Distinction: 1

Occurrences of use

  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 138: He brings it in a series of examples about the conjunction of messengerhood and prophethood in some persons but not in others.
    • Concept: Prophethood
    • Function of the verse here: Distinction
    • Textual citation: «And Moses: { وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مُوسَى … وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا }»

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