This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as quoted
How can you disbelieve in God when you were dead and He gave you life, then He will cause you to die, then He will give you life, then to Him you will be returned
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse is understood within the cycle of life, death, and return, to clarify the meaning of resurrection in the human being.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Life and death: 2
- Resurrection: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the path of the overall conception of human destiny between death and being brought to life.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 291: He uses it to support the idea of the succession of death and life in the human being as well, not in nature alone.
- Concept: life and death
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «And for the human being, His – تعالى – saying: {How can you disbelieve in God when you were dead …} (al-Baqarah 28).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 291: He employs it to show that human death falls within a cycle of then being brought to life and return, unlike annihilation, from which there is no return.
- Concept: resurrection
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «And with regard to the human being, His – تعالى – saying: {How can you disbelieve in God when you were dead …} (al-Baqarah 28).»
Related books
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