This locus gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
… AND MAKE US SUBMISSIVE TO YOU …
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to establish that Islam here is a prayer and a request for guidance, and to distinguish between submission to God and surrender to people.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Prayer for Islam: 2
- Islam: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the semantic differentiation network between near-synonyms and their doctrinal meanings.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 14: He uses it to prove that Islam is a prayer and a request for guidance shared by Abraham and his descendants.
- Concept: Prayer for Islam
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: ”{ OUR LORD, AND MAKE US SUBMISSIVE TO YOU… } (al-Baqarah 128).”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 534: He uses it to distinguish between submission to God and surrender to people, and rejects equating the two words.
- Concept: Islam
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: “That is why he said in verse 128 of Surat al-Baqarah, {AND MAKE US SUBMISSIVE TO YOU..}, and he did not say surrendering to you.”
- The corresponding traditional reading: surrendering to you
Related books
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