This locus brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
This is the Garden which you have inherited for what you used to do.
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur read the Almighty’s saying, “This is the Garden which you have inherited for what you used to do,” in relation to deeds and one’s fate in the Hereafter?
Shahrur employs the verse as an explicit text linking the inheritance of Paradise to what a person used to do. He places it alongside other verses concerning earning and the fact that the work of any worker is not lost, inferring from them that, for him, reward in the Hereafter is connected to a person’s deeds and responsibility for them. This stands against a view that he criticizes and presents as restricting entry into Paradise apart from deeds.
Shahrur states that the Almighty’s saying, “This is the Garden which you have inherited for what you used to do,” is among the verses that link entering Paradise to deeds.
Citation and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 226.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation establishes that Shahrur treats the verse as evidence of the connection between Paradise and deeds, but this page alone does not establish the details of his full theory of determinism or predestination.
- The quoted statement concerning the view Shahrur opposes is cut off at the end of the citation; it is therefore not appropriate to complete its wording or attribute additional details to it.
- This reading does not address all possible interpretations of the verse; rather, it records Shahrur’s use of it in the specified source.
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Brief Reading
It concludes a series of verses that make one’s fate in the Hereafter dependent on deeds rather than determinism, affirming that reward is the fruit of responsibility.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Human and ethical
Related Concepts
- Inheritance through deeds: 2
- Reward for deeds: 2
Place in the Conceptual Network
It supports the conceptual network that links faith with action and reward.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Support: 2
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 226: He makes it the conclusion of a series of verses that refute the idea of determinism and link one’s fate in the Hereafter to deeds.
- Concept: inheritance through deeds
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “And His saying—exalted is He—: {This is the Garden which you have inherited for what you used to do} (Al-A’raf 43)”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 227: He employs the verse to affirm that Paradise is attained through one’s deeds, making it direct support for the idea of human responsibility for one’s fate.
- Concept: reward for deeds
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “{This is the Garden which you have inherited for what you used to do} (Al-A’raf 43). These verses refute what the learned masters have become accustomed to repeating.”
- Contrasting traditional reading: the view that a person enters Paradise only through God’s mercy
Related Books
This page is presented within the general methodology for constructing the atlas.