This axis brings together 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
… BUT HE WAS A HANIF, A MUSLIM…
Brief reading
The verse supports linking Islam to the Abrahamic hanifiyya, while negating later religious affiliations from Abraham.
Axes
- faith-related
- narrative and historical
- linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Hanifiyya: 2
- Negation of Judaism and Christianity from Abraham: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters a network that establishes the precedence of hanifiyya over later religious names.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 12: Cites it to link Islam to the Abrahamic hanifiyya rather than to later religious affiliations.
- Concept: Hanifiyya
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ ABRAHAM WAS NEITHER JEW NOR CHRISTIAN, BUT HE WAS A HANIF, A MUSLIM… } (Aal Imran 67).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 409: Uses it to show that hanifiyya precedes Judaism and Christianity, and that it is a universal Islamic attribute.
- Concept: Negation of Judaism and Christianity from Abraham
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «God, exalted be He, said: {ABRAHAM WAS NEITHER JEWISH NOR CHRISTIAN, BUT HE WAS A HANIF, A MUSLIM …} (Aal Imran 67).»
Related books
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