This axis gathers 2 instances of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
That is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do
Brief reading
It concludes a chain of verses that make the hereafter’s fate contingent on action, not compulsion, and affirm that reward is the fruit of responsibility.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Inheritance through action: 2
- Reward for action: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It supports the conceptual network that links faith to action and reward.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 226: He makes it the conclusion to the series of verses that overturn the idea of compulsion and link the hereafter’s fate to action.
- Concept: inheritance through action
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: «And His saying — تعالى —: {That is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit 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 what one has done, making it a direct support for the idea of human responsibility for one’s fate.
- Concept: reward for action
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: «{That is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do} (Al-A’raf 43). These verses refute what the learned masters have grown accustomed to repeating»
- Counter-traditional reading: the claim that a person does not enter Paradise except by God’s mercy
Related books
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