This axis gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
To God belongs the east and the west; wherever you turn, there is the face of God
Brief reading
The verse is read here to mean that orientation is not a place, but a cognitive and practical turning toward God.
Axes
- Faith
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Orientation: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It meets the concept of loyalty as an orientation, not a geography.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage instances
- Draining the Sources of Terrorism, p. 168: It is cited to show that the direction of loyalty is not a place but a cognitive and practical orientation toward God.
- Concept: Orientation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{To God belongs the east and the west; wherever you turn, there is the face of God} (al-Baqarah 115).»
Related books
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