Al-Baqara 284

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

The verse text as cited

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Whether you disclose what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it. Then He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills, and Allah is capable of all things.

Brief reading

The verse distinguishes between what relates to conscious acts and what falls within the domain of knowledge, forgiveness, and hidden matters.

Axes

  • Faith
  • Human and ethical
  • Forgiveness: 2
  • Conscious action: 2
  • Disclosure: 2

Its position in the conceptual network

It is connected to the distinction between intentional conduct and what does not enter the sphere of direct accountability.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1
  • Distinction: 1
  • Example: 1

Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse

These links gather the pages that draw on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.

Instances of use

  • Islam and Faith, pp. 247-248: He uses it to link forgiveness to sins, then builds on it to argue that the reckoning of thoughts in the verse pertains to knowledge, not punishment.
    • Concept: Forgiveness
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: «- {لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ… فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ…} (البقرة ٢٨٤).»
  • Islam and Faith, p. 250: He makes it specific to acts and intentional conduct among people, and contrasts it with thoughts, into which reward and punishment do not enter.
    • Concept: Conscious action
    • Function of the verse here: Distinction
    • Textual citation: «From here we see that the verse of al-Baqara 284 speaks of conscious, intentional human conduct and action, not of thoughts… »
  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 290: He cites it to explain that disclosure can only occur of something that was hidden in the first place, as a prelude to interpreting hidden adornment.
    • Concept: Disclosure
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: «{ إِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ } (البقرة ٢٨٤)»

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