This axis brings together one 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
I did not create jinn and humankind except that they should worship Me * I do not seek from them any provision…
Brief reading
He makes it the basis for negating servitude to God in the sense of slavery, and for affirming that the human being was created free for voluntary worship.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Humanistic and ethical
Related concepts
- Free servitude: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It establishes the idea of human freedom within the meaning of worship.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 108: He makes it the basis for negating servitude to God in the sense of slavery and affirming that the human being was created free for voluntary worship.
- Concept: Free servitude
- The verse’s function here: Foundational
- Textual citation: «{I did not create jinn and humankind except that they should worship Me * I do not seek from them any provision… } (Al-Dhariyat 56-57).»
Related books
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