This axis gathers 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 quoted
God does not change what is in a people until they change what is in themselves
Brief reading
He makes it a rule for criticizing reliance on supplication alone, and holds that social change begins with changing the collective mind and the self.
Axes
- political and social
- methodological
Related concepts
- self-change: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It establishes a relation between inner transformation and social transformation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, pp. 213-214: He makes the verse a basis for criticizing reliance on supplication alone, and holds that social change begins with changing the collective mind and the self.
- Concept: self-change
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual citation: «This is the true remedy … according to His – تعالى – saying: God does not change what is in a people until they change what is in themselves (Ar-Ra’d 11)»
Related books
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