The Covenant: a concept map

At the heart of this map is 7:172, where God took from the Children of Adam their acknowledgment of His Lordship. ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī sets out what the verse says, examines the two views that divided the scholars, and then gives his own reading. Around it are the Qur’an’s other covenants: with the prophets, with Adam, with the Children of Israel, and the covenant the people of understanding keep. Each point opens his own words in the commentary; points from views he examines are marked as such.

What 7:172 says

ʿAllāmah’s own reading

Covenants kept and broken

The Covenant

“Am I not your Lord?”

Two views he examines

The covenant of the prophets

Those who keep it

Choose any point to read what the ʿAllāmah says.

All concept maps · Key Debate: The Covenant, “Am I not your Lord?” · More: every section of al-Mizan on this subject in the Topic Index.