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
Related concepts
- 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)»
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
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