This axis brings together 1 locus where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
… AND I HAVE BEEN COMMANDED TO BE AMONG THE MUSLIMS
Reader’s answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ God’s statement in the account of Noah: “And I have been commanded to be among the Muslims”?
Shahrur employs the two verses as evidence for the occurrence of the designation “Muslims” in the context of Noah—that is, in a prophetic history preceding Muhammad—within his Qur’anic tracing of the terms “submission,” “Islam,” “Muslim,” and “Muslims.”
Shahrur cites Yunus 71–72 in his discussion of the vocabulary of Islam, placing them under the heading “In Noah’s time.”
Evidence and location
Islam and Faith — p. 12.
Limits of the reading
- The evidence establishes Shahrur’s manner of employing the two verses in tracing the presence of the term across prophetic history; the excerpt does not provide a detailed definition of Islam.
- The statement “affirming the antiquity of the concept” requires qualification: the accompanying text establishes, for Shahrur, the antiquity of the term’s occurrence and of Noah’s designation by it, whereas constructing a comprehensive concept of Islam requires reference to the rest of his argument in the source.
- The mere sharing of a term does not entail an automatic equivalence among all contexts of Islam or all the prophets’ laws.
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Brief reading
The two verses are used to ground the term “Muslims” in the history of the prophets before Muhammad and to affirm the antiquity of the concept.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Islam: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
They connect Islam to its historical context extending across the prophets.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Contexts of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 12: He cites them to ground the term “Muslims” in the history of the prophets before Muhammad and to affirm the antiquity of the concept.
- Concept: Islam
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “{ … AND I HAVE BEEN COMMANDED TO BE AMONG THE MUSLIMS } (Yunus 71–72).”
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