This axis gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
We feed you only for the sake of God; we want from you neither reward nor thanks
Brief reading
The verse comes in the context of speaking about spending that seeks nothing but God’s countenance.
Axes
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Sincerity: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to connect ethical action to the intention of sincerity.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Context: 1
Places of use
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna, p. 96: He cites it as an implicit reference in his discussion of spending that seeks nothing but God’s countenance.
- Concept: sincerity
- The function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: «and “for the sake of God” on another occasion (see al-Rum 39 and al-Insan 9)»
Related books
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
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