This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Our Lord, and give us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection… So their Lord answered them: I do not let the work of any worker among you go to waste, male or female; you are of one another
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to argue that recompense is tied to righteous action itself, not to sex or inherited belonging.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Righteous action: 2
- Recompense: 1
- Action: 1
- Human being: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It reinforces the centrality of action as the standard for recompense.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- Drying up the sources of terrorism, p. 226: It is employed to establish that God does not let the work of any worker go to waste, and that recompense is tied to action, not to sex or inherited belonging.
- Concept: Righteous action
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “And He says, exalted be He: {… so their Lord answered them: I do not let the work of any worker go to waste…} (Al Imran 194, 195).”
Related books
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