This axis brings together 3 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that surround it.
The verse text as cited
They said, “Our father, ask forgiveness for our sins for us; indeed, we have been sinners.”
Brief reading
The verse is used to clarify the pairing of admitting fault with the request for repentance, while the description of error remains present.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Repentance: 2
- Deliberate error: 2
- Error: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to a path that links admission, deliberate sin, and seeking forgiveness.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 3
Places of use
- Islam and Humanity: He uses it to show the pairing of admitting fault with the description of sin among the sons of Joseph.
- Concept: Repentance
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «{ قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ } (يوسف ٩٧)»
- Islam and Humanity: He cites it as evidence for the pairing of deliberate fault with the description of error, because they asked for forgiveness while acknowledging that they were sinners.
- Concept: Deliberate error
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «- { قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ } (يوسف ٩٧)،»
- Islam and Faith, p. 107: He uses it to show the inseparability of sin and error when the act occurs through persistence and without repentance.
- Concept: Error
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «- { قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ } (يوسف ٩٧)،»
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