This axis brings together 4 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
EVERYONE ON IT IS PERISHING * AND THE FACE OF YOUR LORD, FULL OF MAJESTY AND HONOR, REMAINS
Brief reading
Shahrur relies on the two verses to state that permanence belongs to God alone and that everything besides Him falls under perishing and change.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Permanence: 4
- Perishing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the definition of shirk and to establishing the distinction between divine constancy and the disappearance of everything else.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundation: 3
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and the Human Being: He cites it to affirm that permanence belongs to God alone, and from this he builds the meaning of shirk as assigning permanence to other than God.
- Concept: permanence
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «{ كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ * وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ } (Ar-Rahman 26-27).»
- Islam and the Human Being: He makes it the basis for denying permanence to phenomena and societies and affirming it for God alone, as a prelude to defining shirk.
- Concept: permanence
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «We find among the beautiful names of God the name “the Enduring” …: { كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ * وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ … } (Ar-Rahman 26-27).»
- Islam and Faith, p. 112: He makes it the basis for defining shirk as attributing the quality of permanence to other than God.
- Concept: permanence
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «It is an exclusive name for God Almighty, because no one can be described as enduring except God, since permanence belongs to God alone: { كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ * وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ … } (Ar-Rahman 26-27).»
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 128: He employs it to prove that constancy belongs to God alone, and that everything else is subject to perishing and change.
- Concept: perishing
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ … } (Ar-Rahman 26, 27).»
Related books
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