This axis brings together 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
Whoever does righteous deeds, it is for his own soul; and whoever does evil, it is against it; then to your Lord you will be returned
Brief reading
It supports assigning responsibility for beneficence and wrongdoing to the human being, insofar as they return to him and not to God.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Accountability: 2
- Beneficence: 1
- Wrongdoing: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of the concept of individual accountability.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and the Human: He cites it to establish that beneficence and wrongdoing return to the human being himself, not to God Most High.
- Concept: accountability
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «اءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ } (الجاثية ١٥). لكنّ الله عزّ وجلّ لا يخضع للإحسان ولا للإساءة لقوله تعالى: { إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا… }»
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