This axis gathers 2 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 Cited
Every soul shall taste death, and We test you with evil and with good as a trial…
Brief Reading
The verse is used to highlight the realism of Islamic morality, and that the presence of evil and trial is part of the laws of life that cannot be eliminated.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Human and ethical
Associated Concepts
- Trial: 3
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It connects trial with a realistic understanding of morality and existence.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 2
Instances of Use
- Islam and Faith, p. 41: Cites it to show the realism of Islamic morality and that evil cannot be entirely eliminated.
- Concept: Trial
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{Every soul shall taste death, and We test you with evil and with good as a trial…} (The Prophets 35).»
- Islam and Faith: Uses it to argue for the realism of Islam and that good and evil are a law inseparable from life, like death, so there is no meaning in imagining the elimination of evil from existence.
- Concept: Trial
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «The linking of good and evil in this existence to the phenomenon of death in His saying تعالى: {Every soul shall taste death, and We test you with evil and with good as a trial…}»
Related Books
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