This locus gathers one instance of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
FOR WHOEVER OF YOU WILLS TO BE UPRIGHT
Brief reading
It is used to argue that uprightness is a possible choice, not a necessity imposed on everyone.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Uprightness: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes an understanding of uprightness as a sphere of choice.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 330: He uses it to prove that uprightness is one of the possibilities of choice, not a necessity imposed on everyone.
- Concept: uprightness
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «Do you not see His saying تعالى {لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ} (Al-Takwīr 28). Here He mentioned uprightness in the sense of partiality»
Related books
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