This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of these verses in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around them.
Text of the verses as cited
Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication. * My Lord, make me an establisher of ritual prayer, and [also] from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication.
Reader’s answer
Question
Where do these two verses occur, what does Shahrur infer from them about ritual prayer, and what function do they serve in his argument?
The two verses occur in Surat Ibrahim (39–40). Shahrur uses them as evidence in constructing his claim that ritual prayer, with its ritual forms, was known in the time of Abraham; he then connects this evidence to a later question concerning the neglect of ritual prayer elsewhere.
Shahrur infers from Ibrahim 39–40 that ritual prayer, with its forms of bowing, prostration, standing, and sitting, was known since Abraham, and he makes the two verses an entry point to his later argument about the neglect of ritual prayer.
Evidence and location
Islam and Faith — p. 256.
Limits of the reading
- The evidence establishes Shahrur’s inference concerning the antiquity of ritual prayer and its forms; it does not state that supplication is a definition of ritual prayer or a necessary part of it.
- By itself, the evidence does not establish an independent account of how ritual prayer was transmitted from Abraham to the time of the Prophet; in the excerpt, Shahrur refers to Maryam 58–59 to address the question of neglect.
- No relationship between the terms of the verses is constructed here beyond what Shahrur explicitly states in the evidence.
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Brief reading
Shahrur employs them as an example of the antiquity of ritual prayer and its connection to supplication and the establishment of the rite since Abraham.
Themes
- Faith-related
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Establishing ritual prayer: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It links inherited worship with its continuing ritual form.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 256: He cites it as evidence that ritual prayer was known since Abraham and that it is associated with supplication and the establishment of the rite.
- Concept: Establishing ritual prayer
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “- {… And He enjoined upon me ritual prayer and almsgiving…} … - {Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication. * My Lord, make me an establisher of ritual prayer…} (Ibrahim 39–40).”
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