This axis brings together two places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
One is not questioned about what He does
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s critique, the verse comes to counter the image of luxury when it turns into a claim to rank and authority that approaches divine attributes, thereby becoming a form of despotism.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Despotism: 2
- Imitation of God’s attributes: 1
- Luxury: 1
- Lack of accountability: 1
- Sovereignty: 1
- Authority: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the critique of human domination when it exceeds its limits and seeks a station that is not its due.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of heritage: 1
- Foundation: 1
Occurrences of use
- The State and Society: He uses it to say that the person given to luxury adopts attributes that belong exclusively to God, thus becoming His partner in rank and authority.
- Concept: Despotism
- Function of the verse here: Critique of heritage
- Textual citation: «{One is not questioned about what He does} (The Prophets 23)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 103: He makes it evidence that authority which is not questioned or held accountable imitates God’s sovereignty and transgresses against it.
- Concept: Lack of accountability
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «2 – {One is not questioned about what He does, while they are questioned} (The Prophets 29). God alone is not subject to accountability.»
Related books
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