Hud 49

This axis gathers 4 instances 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

Those are among the tidings of the unseen which We reveal to you. You did not know them, neither you nor your people, before this.

Brief reading

Shahrur makes the verse a basis for distinguishing between the report and the account, and he sees Qur’anic narrative as unseen tidings, not ordinary reports.

Axes

• Narrative and historical
• Methodological
• Faith-based

Related concepts

• Unseen tidings: 2
• Qur’anic narrative: 2
• Unseen matters: 2
• Unseen report: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to the concept of the unseen as material for admonition, not material for legislation.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Foundation: 2
• Support: 1
• Context: 1

Instances of use

• Islam and Human Beings, p. 40: He cites it as evidence that the Prophet ﷺ knew the unseen only through revealed revelation, not through innate knowledge.
  • Concept: unseen tidings
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual evidence: «{تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ …} (هود ٤٩)»
• The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 1, p. 147: He cites Hud 49 in the context of a quantitative and concise comparison of Qur’anic tidings, not to argue from the verse’s detailed wording.
  • Concept: Qur’anic narrative
  • Function of the verse here: Context
  • Textual evidence: «كما فعل بعد رؤية ما وقع لنوح في هود ٤٩»
• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He makes it a basis for distinguishing between the report and the account, stressing that Qur’anic narrative consists of unseen tidings, not reports subject to truth and falsehood.
  • Concept: unseen matters
  • Function of the verse here: Foundation
  • Textual evidence: «{تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ …} (هود ٤٩)»
• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He uses it to argue that Qur’anic narrative falls under the category of unseen tidings, not reports, and that it is information for admonition, not legislation.
  • Concept: unseen report
  • Function of the verse here: Foundation
  • Textual evidence: «فالقصص القرآني من الأنباء وليس من الأخبار بدلالة قوله تعالى… {تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ…}»

Related books

• Islam and Human Beings
• The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 1
• The Book and the Qur’an

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