This axis gathers 2 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
They ask you, “Is it true?” Say, “Yes, by my Lord, it is true…”
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s view, the verse attests that the Qur’an is received as truth, and that belief in it is submission, not direct interpretation.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Truth: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It connects to the concept of truth as a governing attribute of the mode of belief in the text.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
Uses
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 115: He makes it a witness to the Arabs’ belief in the Qur’an, accepting that it is truth despite its being unseen for them.
- Concept: truth
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual witness: «{وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِنِّي وَرَبِّي إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ…}»
- The Book and the Qur’an: He makes it a witness to the fact that the believers affirmed the Qur’an because it is truth as it came, that is, through submissive affirmation, not direct rational interpretation.
- Concept: truth
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual witness: «كان إيمان المؤمنين من العرب كالتالي {وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِنِّي وَرَبِّي إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ…} (يونس ٥٣)»
Related books
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