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.
Verse text as cited
O you who believe, remember God with much remembrance * and glorify Him morning and evening * He it is who sends blessings upon you, and His angels, to bring you out of the darknesses into the light; and He is ever merciful to the believers.
Brief reading
Shahrur takes it as evidence that God’s and His angels’ prayer over the believers is guidance and mercy, and from this he analogizes the meaning of prayer upon the Prophet.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Mercy and guidance: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to mercy and guidance as two faith-oriented effects directed toward understanding.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Usages
- Islam and Faith, p. 254: He takes it as evidence that God’s and His angels’ prayer over the believers is guidance and mercy, and then analogizes from it the meaning of prayer upon the Prophet.
- Concept: mercy and guidance
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «as in His saying تعالى: {… and send blessings upon him with a greeting} and He did not say … as in His saying تعالى: {… He it is who sends blessings upon you, and His angels…} (Al-Ahzab 41-43).»
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