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
And mention in the Book Ishmael … and he was a messenger, a prophet
Brief reading
He uses it to show that some prophets combined prophethood and messengerhood, whereas the two stations did not come together for others.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Prophethood: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves a methodological distinction between the patterns of prophetic election.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 138: He uses it to affirm that some prophets combined prophethood and messengerhood, as opposed to those who had prophethood only.
- Concept: Prophethood
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «And some of them were both a prophet and a messenger at the same time, like Ishmael: { … وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا }»
Related books
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