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The humanity of the Messenger (bashariyyat al-rasul)

بشرية الرسول

Sha'rawi holds that the Messenger's humanity is necessary for the completeness of the message: he must be of his people's kind to be a model who applies the method before them, and a non-human could not be followed. He sets out the disbelievers' objection to the humanity of the Messenger, and notes that the Meccans knew him as truthful and trustworthy before the mission, so their doubts were contrived 1 2. This is Sha'rawi's reading and is attributed to him.

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Summary

Sha'rawi holds that the Messenger's humanity is necessary for the completeness of the message: he must be of his people's kind to be a model who applies the method before them. 1 2

The disbelievers' objection

Sha'rawi sets out the disbelievers' objection to the Messenger's humanity, and notes that the Meccans knew him as truthful and trustworthy before his mission, so their doubts were contrived. 1 2

Author's view

This is Sha'rawi's reading and is attributed to him. No other view on the Messenger's humanity is given in these pages, and none has been checked.

Sources

  1. Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.196
  2. Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.197
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