This locus gathers 1 place 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

So be mindful of God as much as you are able, and hear and obey, and spend

Brief reading

By means of it, he distinguishes between the faith-related taqwā tied to capability and the Islam-related taqwā that turns toward the fullest implementation of values.

Axes

  • Faith-related
  • Methodological
  • Taqwā: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It serves the methodological distinction between two levels of taqwā.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Distinction: 1

Places of use

  • Islam and Human Being: He uses it to distinguish between the taqwā of faith, which is according to capability, and the taqwā of Islam, in which the fullest implementation of values is sought.
    • Concept: taqwā
    • Function of the verse here: Distinction
    • Textual evidence: «{ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَأَنْفِقُوا… } (al-Taghābun 16)»

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