This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that emerge around it.
The verse text as cited
THEY BELIEVE IN GOD AND THE LAST DAY, COMMAND WHAT IS RIGHT, FORBID WHAT IS WRONG, AND HASTEN TO DO GOOD DEEDS; THOSE ARE AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS
Brief reading
From the verse, Shahrur derives the implication of differentiation between faith, commanding right, forbidding wrong, and good deeds, while negating any necessity of order.
Axes
- Methodological
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Differentiation: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to distinguish the elements within the social and religious structure.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, pp. 158-160: He extracts from it that faith, commanding right, forbidding wrong, and good deeds are differentiated elements, and that the conjunction waw does not imply sequence.
- Concept: Differentiation
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual citation: “And His saying—Exalted be He—about the People of the Book: {THEY BELIEVE IN GOD AND THE LAST DAY AND COMMAND WHAT IS RIGHT…}”
Related books
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