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 as cited
{… If God willed, He would have guided all people … Indeed, God does not fail in His promise}
Brief reading
He makes it an entry point for dividing guidance into creation, coercion, proof, and evidence, as a prelude to understanding religious freedom.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Guidance: 2
Its place in the concept network
It is connected to building a methodological classification of guidance within the concept of freedom.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Places of use
- The State and Society, p. 297: He makes the verse an entry point for dividing guidance into creation, coercion, proof, and evidence, as a prelude to understanding religious freedom.
- Concept: guidance
- The verse’s function here: Foundational
- Textual witness: «And we pause with His – تعالى – saying: {… If God willed, He would have guided all people …} (Ar-Ra’d 31), to find that He – عزّ وجل – places guidance into three types»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.