This axis gathers one instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
AND IN THE HEAVEN IS YOUR PROVISION AND WHAT YOU ARE PROMISED
Brief reading
He uses it as a basis for understanding provision as subject to natural sources and objective laws, not to an enclosed individual destiny.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Provision: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into building a legal conception of provision within the world.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Usage locations
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 352: He places it among the proofs that provision has natural sources and objective laws, not an enclosed individual destiny.
- Concept: Provision
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «- {وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ} (al-Dhariyat 22).»
Related books
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