This axis gathers 3 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
They said, “By God, God has certainly favored you over us, and indeed we were surely mistaken.”
Brief reading
The verse is read as an example of wrongdoing committed with intent and persistence, where the actors are described as mistaken.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Persistence: 2
- Intentional sin: 2
- Deliberate error: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves the conceptual network that distinguishes between incidental error and intended sin.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 3
Instances of use
- Islam and Man: He cites it to affirm that the error here occurred with intent and persistence, so they were called mistaken.
- Concept: Persistence
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “Since Joseph’s brothers plotted against him intentionally and persistently, they said: { They said, “By God, God has certainly favored you over us, and indeed we were surely mistaken.” } (Joseph 91)”
- Islam and Man: He makes Joseph’s brothers’ statement an example of one who commits a sin with prior insistence and awareness, and is therefore called mistaken.
- Concept: Intentional sin
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “Since Joseph’s brothers plotted against him intentionally and persistently, they said: - { They said, “By God … and indeed we were surely mistaken.” } (Joseph 91),”
- Islam and Faith, p. 107: He uses it as an example of acknowledging deliberate error in relation to Joseph.
- Concept: Deliberate error
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “- { They said, “By God, God has certainly favored you over us, and indeed we were surely mistaken.” } (Joseph 91),”
Related books
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