This axis brings together 2 places 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
إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ …
Brief reading
In Shahrur, the two verses come in the context of criticizing blind imitation of ancestors and rejecting calls for reform in the name of inheritance.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Associated concepts
- Imitation: 2
- Ancestorism: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into a network of concepts that opposes rigidity and calls for moving beyond closed inheritance.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Critique of heritage: 2
Usage locations
- Islam and Man: He cites it to condemn blind following of the fathers and the rejection of reform on the grounds of inherited tradition.
- Concept: imitation
- Function of the verse here: critique of heritage
- Textual evidence: «{ وَكَذَٰلِكَ … إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا أَبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ … } (al-Zukhruf 23-24)»
- State and Society, p. 152: He uses it to denounce ancestral imitation that rejects criticism and brands the new call for reform as disbelief.
- Concept: ancestorism
- Function of the verse here: critique of heritage
- Textual evidence: «{وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا…} (al-Zukhruf 23, 24)»
Related books
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