This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Fāʿālun li-mā yurīd
Brief reading
The verse is read here in the context of a critique of despotism, when the privileged person imitates the attribute of absoluteness and evades accountability.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Associated concepts
- Despotism: 2
Its position in the network of concepts
It enters into the network of critique of human transcendence and resistance to domination.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society: It is shifted from describing God to criticizing the privileged person who imitates the attribute of absoluteness and exalts themselves above accountability.
- Concept: despotism
- Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
- Textual citation: «{فَعَّالْ لِمَا يُرِيدُ} (Al-Burūj 16)»
Related books
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