Al-Baqarah 3

This axis gathers 4 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN, ESTABLISH PRAYER, AND SPEND OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM

Brief reading

At Shahrur, the verse appears as the beginning of a description of the qualities of believers: piety, spending, and establishing prayer as a practical practice.

Axes

• Faith-related
• Legislative
• Human and ethical

Related concepts

• Spending: 3
• Establishing prayer: 2
• Piety: 2

Its place in the concept network

It is linked to building the image of the believer and to connecting worship with righteous action.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Support: 2
• Example: 1
• Foundation: 1

Places of use

• Islam and the Human: He reads spending here as one of the signs of zakat and righteous action.
  • Concept: Spending
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual citation: «{ THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN, ESTABLISH PRAYER, AND SPEND OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM } (al-Baqarah 3).»
• Islam and Faith, p. 255: He cites it among the evidentiary texts that link prayer to establishment and to the practical rite, not merely to connection.
  • Concept: Establishing prayer
  • Function of the verse here: Example
  • Textual citation: «Read with me His saying تعالى: - {THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN, ESTABLISH PRAYER…} (al-Baqarah 3).»
• The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna, p. 96: He makes it the starting point for tracing the relationship between spending, charity, and zakat in the Qur’anic conception.
  • Concept: Spending
  • Function of the verse here: Foundation
  • Textual citation: «a thread linking … between spending, charity, and zakat, beginning from the phrase {AND SPEND OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM} al-Baqarah 3»
• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 45: He uses it to define the qualities of the Godfearing who are singled out by the guidance of the Book.
  • Concept: Piety
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual citation: «And the Godfearing are those who {… BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN, ESTABLISH PRAYER, AND SPEND OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM} (al-Baqarah 3)»

Related books

• Islam and the Human
• Islam and Faith
• The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
• The Book and the Qur’an

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