This axis gathers one location in which this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
Say: If you possessed the treasures of my Lord’s mercy, then you would surely withhold them, fearing expenditure; and man is ever miserly.
Brief reading
The verse is used to support the idea that human beings tend toward withholding, and therefore need to be charged with spending.
Axes
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Spending: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters the network of concepts as a statement about human nature and its relation to ethical action.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 156: He cites it to establish that human beings, by nature, tend toward withholding and fear of spending, and therefore need to be charged with spending.
- Concept: Spending
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{Say: If you possessed the treasures of my Lord’s mercy…}»
Related books
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