This hub gathers 2 instances of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
… TO A STRAIGHT PATH, a true religion, the creed of Abraham, inclining toward truth…
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse establishes the straight path as the true religion connected to hanifiyya and monotheism.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- The straight path: 2
- Hanifiyya: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the conceptual network through defining the value-laden path and linking it to the negation of polytheism.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 87: He makes it a pivotal text in defining the straight path as the true religion and the hanif creed of Abraham.
- Concept: The straight path
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{Say: Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a true religion, the creed of Abraham, inclining toward truth…} (Al-An‘am 161).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 408: He cites it as evidence that hanifiyya is linked to monotheism and to the negation of associating partners, in contrast to fixing phenomena in a single state.
- Concept: Hanifiyya
- Function of the verse here: Supporting
- Textual evidence: «He, Glorified be He, linked hanifiyya to monotheism when he followed the term “hanif” with the phrase {.AND HE WAS NOT AMONG THE POLYTHEISTS} (Al-An‘am 161)»
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