This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
… AND ESTABLISH THE PRAYER AND GIVE THE ZAKAT…
Brief reading
The verse is understood as bringing together prayer and zakat as two of the rites of worship and the essence of the upright religion.
Axes
- legislative
- faith-based
Related concepts
- rites: 2
- the upright religion: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the centrality of practical worship in the construction of religiosity.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 2
Usage instances
- Islam and Human Beings: He cites it as evidence that prayer and zakat are among the pillars of practical worship committed to monotheism.
- concept: rites
- function of the verse here: support
- textual citation: «{ AND THEY WERE COMMANDED ONLY TO WORSHIP GOD, SINCERELY DEVOTING THE RELIGION TO HIM, AS HUNAFĀʾ, AND TO ESTABLISH THE PRAYER AND GIVE THE ZAKAT… } (Al-Bayyina 5).»
- Islam and Faith, p. 80: He uses it to link establishing prayer and giving zakat to the essence of the upright religion.
- concept: the upright religion
- function of the verse here: support
- textual citation: «{ AND THEY WERE COMMANDED ONLY TO WORSHIP GOD, SINCERELY DEVOTING THE RELIGION TO HIM, AS HUNAFĀʾ, AND TO ESTABLISH THE PRAYER AND GIVE THE ZAKAT… } (Al-Bayyina 5).»
Related books
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