Al-Isra' 23

This axis gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا…

The verse is used to ground filial piety as an ethical injunction, with qada’ in it understood as a command or prohibition.

It enters into the network of ethical injunctions and the limits of human compliance.

Islam and Faith, p. 192: He makes it the starting point for saying that the addressee, after weaning, has become aware of his parents, and therefore the command to thank them and treat them kindly includes them.
- Concept: Parents
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلَوَالِدِيْكَ}… then comes the verse of al-Isra’ 23»
The State and Society, p. 23: He interprets it to mean that qada’ here is a command or prohibition, not an operative deterministic fate, because the addressees may comply or may not comply.
- Concept: Qada’
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا} (al-Isra’ 23).»
- Counter-traditional reading: The inherited deterministic conception of qada’ and qadar
The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 48: He counts it as the first element of wisdom in this context, and treats it as one of the revealed ethical injunctions rather than as an independent prophetic practice.
- Concept: Filial piety
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «Then, after He, exalted be He, says {وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا…} al-Isra’ 23»

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