This axis brings together 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as quoted

… so are you Muslims?

Brief reading

The verse supports the meaning of a call to Islam as monotheism and submission to God, distinguishing this from other attestations within the structure of faith.

Axes

  • Faith-related
  • Methodological
  • Legislative
  • Call to Islam: 2
  • شهادة الإسلام: 2
  • Islam: 2
  • Monotheism: 1
  • Submission to God: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to defining the central place of Islam within the network of testimony and monotheism.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 3

Instances of use

  • Islam and Faith, p. 14: He cites it to affirm that the Qur’anic address calls those addressed to enter Islam in its general sense.
    • Concept: Call to Islam
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{ … so are you Muslims? } (Al-Anbiya 108).»
  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 252: He uses it to link the testimony of Islam to God’s oneness, then distinguishes it from the testimony of faith in Muhammad’s message.
    • Concept: شهادة الإسلام
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{Say: It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God, so are you Muslims?} (Al-Anbiya 108)»
  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 17: He employs it to state that the essence of Islam is monotheism and submission to God, not ritual belonging alone.
    • Concept: Islam
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{ Say: It is only revealed to me that your god is one God, so are you Muslims? } (Al-Anbiya 108)»

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