This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
And every one of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.
Reader’s answer
Question
How does Shahrur employ God’s saying, “And every one of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone,” in his discussion of collective supplication?
Shahrur employs the verse to establish that a person’s coming to God on the Day of Resurrection is individual, and then builds on this meaning a practical view according to which supplication, in his reading of the “Wise Revelation,” should be individual rather than collective. He therefore calls for the abolition of public collective supplication in places of worship in the civil state, whether for a ruler or against one.
The verse states that all people come to God on the Day of Resurrection “alone.” Shahrur cites the verse among a group of verses to support his claim that supplication can only be individual, because each person has their own particular concerns. On this basis, Shahrur adopts a position opposed to public collective supplication in places of worship, especially supplication for rulers or against them.
Citation and location
The State and Society — p. 213.
Limits of the reading
- The citation establishes Shahrur’s use of the verse in support of the individual nature of supplication and his position on collective supplication, but it does not provide an independent, detailed argument explaining how the individual nature of eschatological reckoning necessarily prohibits every form of collective supplication.
- The verse, in this citation alone, does not establish a general ruling on all forms of collective supplication; this is Shahrur’s view, based on his linking of the verse with other verses mentioned in the same passage.
- Shahrur’s description of collective post-Friday-prayer supplication as an Umayyad practice and an “innovation” appears in the citation as his own claim, without independent historical documentation within the excerpt.
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Brief reading
The verse is read as affirming that a person’s encounter with their Lord on the Day of Resurrection is individual, without representation or collectivity.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Individuals in reckoning: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It affirms the same concept within the network of individual reckoning and direct encounter.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 213: He uses it to support the claim that a person’s encounter with their Lord on the Day of Resurrection is individual, involving neither representation nor aggregation.
- Concept: Individuals in reckoning
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “- And he inherits from him what he says, and he will come to Us alone (Mary 80), - And every one of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone (Mary 95).”
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