This axis brings together 1 instance 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
مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنْ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَفْسِكَ وَأَرْسَلْنَاكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًا وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا
Brief reading
Shahrur presents it as an example of the domain of human choice and responsibility, in contrast to another verse that he placed in the domain of existential fate.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Judgment: 2
Its place in the concept network
It helps distinguish the boundaries of meaning between choice and cosmic unfolding.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 118: He makes it an example of the domain of human choice and responsibility of conduct, in contrast to Women 78, which he considered to belong to the domain of existential fate.
- Concept: judgment
- Function of the verse here: foundation
- Textual witness: «٢- {مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَفْسِكَ…} (النساء ٧٩).»
Related books
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