This axis gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
Those are the signs of God We recite to you in truth, and God does not will wrongdoing for the worlds
Brief reading
Shahrur relies on the verse to make wrongdoing a human act that is not attributed to the active divine will.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Divine will: 2
- Signs of God: 2
- Wrongdoing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of justice and human choice within his doctrinal construction.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
- Context: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 109: He makes it evidence that wrongdoing is not attributed to God’s active will, but to human choice when one of the possibilities of volition is decided upon.
- Concept: Divine will
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “For his saying — exalted is He —: {Those are the signs of God … and God does not will wrongdoing for the worlds} (Al Imran 108), means that God does not will wrongdoing for the worlds”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 217: He mentions it within the context of distinguishing cosmic/explanatory signs from legal rulings.
- Concept: Signs of God
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual citation: ”- {Those are the signs of God We recite to you in truth..} (Al Imran 108).”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 93: He cites it to define wrongdoing as the opposite of justice and fairness, which is one of the foundational conditions of fighting in his view.
- Concept: Wrongdoing
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “Wrongdoing in its general lexical sense … as in His saying — exalted is He —: {and God does not will wrongdoing for the worlds}“
Related books
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