This axis brings together 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِنْهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Brief reading
It underpins the idea that nature is subjected to human beings in a way that serves their survival and development, and that this subjection is connected to their needs and livelihood.
Axes
- Methodological
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Subjection: 3
- Subjecting nature: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into a comprehensive conception of the relationship between human beings and nature in civilization and development.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Foundation: 2
- Support: 1
Uses
- The State and Society, p. 178: He makes it the basis for the idea that nature is subjected to human beings so that they may realize their instincts through it, and then these instincts become desires through knowledge.
- Concept: Subjecting nature
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «Allah – Glorified be He – created human beings with their instincts and made nature pliant to them so as to satisfy these instincts, according to His – تعالى – saying: {وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ …} (Al-Jathiya 13)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 520: He uses it to affirm that nature is subjected to preserving the human instinct of survival during historical development.
- Concept: Subjection
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «and He made nature pliant to him in order to preserve this instinct {وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا} (Al-Jathiya 13).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 520: He cites it as evidence that nature is subjected to human beings in a way that serves the instinct of survival and the development of dwelling and construction.
- Concept: Subjection
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «And Allah, Glorified be He, instilled in human beings the love of survival and made nature pliant to them to preserve this instinct {وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا}»
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