Al-Baqara 134

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

The verse text as cited

{THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PASSED AWAY; FOR IT IS WHAT IT HAS EARNED, AND FOR YOU IS WHAT YOU HAVE EARNED …}

Brief reading

The verse is used to affirm that every generation bears its own responsibility, and that history is read for insight, not to pre-empt the present.

Loci

  • methodological
  • narrative and historical
  • Independence of responsibility: 2
  • Separating history from the present: 2
  • Historical line: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It enters into the network of separating historical memory from the contemporary position.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Context: 2
  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The State and Society, p. 309: He uses it to close the door to the historical sacralization of the Companions and redirect attention to each generation’s responsibility for its own deeds.
    • Concept: Independence of responsibility
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: “And the saying of the Exalted applies to them: {THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PASSED AWAY …} (al-Baqara 134).”
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 405: He uses it to affirm that reading history should be for insight, not for judgment or sectarian invocation.
    • Concept: Separating history from the present
    • Function of the verse here: Context
    • Textual evidence: “keeping before us the saying of God تعالى: {THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PASSED AWAY; FOR IT IS WHAT IT HAS EARNED, AND FOR YOU IS WHAT YOU HAVE EARNED …} (al-Baqara 134 and 141).”
  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 77: He uses it to justify viewing events historically rather than as a subject for judging people or aligning with them or against them.
    • Concept: Historical line
    • Function of the verse here: Context
    • Textual evidence: “As for us: {THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PASSED AWAY…} (al-Baqara 134).”

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