This hub 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 as cited
And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely conjecture avails nothing against the truth.
Brief reading
The verse is made a witness to the fact that conjecture may mean doubt, not certainty.
Hubs
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Conjecture: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It contributes to determining the precise meaning of the term according to usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 275: uses the verse as a witness that conjecture may mean doubt, not certainty.
- Concept: Conjecture
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual witness: «Conjecture: it has two opposite meanings: the first meaning is doubt, as in His saying تعالى {And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely conjecture avails nothing against the truth in anything}. (Yunus 36).»
Related books
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