This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
{SUCCESSFUL IS HE WHO PURIFIES IT * AND FAILED IS HE WHO CORRUPTS IT}
Brief reading
The verse supports the idea that favoring the side of piety in the self can only be achieved through upbringing and purification.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Purification: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the network of concepts that connects the self, purification, and moral choice.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 455: He uses the verse to affirm that favoring the side of piety in the self can only be achieved through upbringing and purification.
- Concept: Purification
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «For immorality and piety are in a dialectical relationship… thus He said: {SUCCESSFUL IS HE WHO PURIFIES IT * AND FAILED IS HE WHO CORRUPTS IT} (Al-Shams 10-9)»
Related books
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