This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Verse Text as Cited
Establish the prayer, give the zakat, and bow with those who bow.
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ Qur’an 2:43 in his discussion of prayer and zakat?
Shahrur employs the verse as direct Qur’anic evidence for the pairing of the command to establish prayer with the command to give zakat, and he cites alongside them the command to bow with those who bow. In the available excerpt, he does not explain this pairing as independent evidence that zakat is part of the “rites of the community”; rather, he places the verse among the passages in which he discusses zakat, in contrast to other passages from which he understands spending as an indication of zakat through its characteristics.
Shahrur cites Qur’an 2:43 in his discussion of zakat, invoking its wording that joins the establishment of prayer, the giving of zakat, and bowing with those who bow. In the excerpt, he distinguishes between passages that explicitly mention zakat, including Qur’an 2:43, and passages that do not mention it verbally but which he himself connects to characteristics such as spending from what God has provided.
Citation and Location
Islam and Faith — p. 80.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation is from the book Islam and Faith, not from the page linked in the usage entry to the book Islam and the Human Being.
- The verse’s occurrence in the citation is an invocation within a list of passages concerning zakat, not a presentation of a full contextual interpretation of the verse.
- This excerpt alone is insufficient to establish that Shahrur treats “bowing with those who bow” as evidence for the community, or that the pairing of prayer with zakat in the verse defines the nature of zakat in detail.
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Brief Reading
The verse supports linking zakat to the establishment of prayer within the rites of the community.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Zakat: 3
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It belongs to the network of practical acts of worship associated with the collective order.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 2
Usage Instances
- Islam and the Human Being: He uses it to link zakat to the establishment of prayer within the rites of the community.
- Concept: zakat
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “{ Establish the prayer, give the zakat, and bow with those who bow } (Al-Baqarah 43)”
- Islam and Faith, p. 80: He uses it among the texts on zakat to affirm its connection to the establishment of prayer within the rites.
- Concept: zakat
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “{ Establish the prayer, give the zakat, and bow with those who bow } (Al-Baqarah 43)”
Related Books
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