This axis gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Yes indeed, whoever earns a misdeed and his sin encompasses him—those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein.
Brief reading
The verse is used to establish the meaning of sin as a fault on which its doer persists until it surrounds him.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Sin: 3
- Persistence in wrongdoing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the construction of an ethical concept that links wrongdoing to persisting in it, not merely falling into it.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 2
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human Being: He relies on it to define sin as a fault or misdeed on which one persists without repentance.
- Concept: Sin
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «We find this meaning of sin in His saying, تعالى: { Yes indeed, whoever earns a misdeed and his sin encompasses him … } (al-Baqarah 81)»
- Islam and the Human Being: He uses it to connect sin with persistence in misdeed until it surrounds its bearer.
- Concept: Persistence in wrongdoing
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- { Yes indeed, whoever earns a misdeed and his sin encompasses him … } (al-Baqarah 81),»
- Islam and Faith, p. 107: He uses it to define sin as persistence in wrongdoing or misdeed until it surrounds its bearer.
- Concept: Sin
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- { Yes indeed, whoever earns a misdeed and his sin encompasses him… } (al-Baqarah 81),»
Related books
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