This locus brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
And the recompense of an evil is an evil like it…
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to affirm that dealing with wrongdoing between people should be through apology, forgiveness, and reform.
Loci
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Forgiveness: 2
- Apology and forgiveness: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to building the ethics of social relations on reform rather than rupture.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human: He cites it as evidence for the necessity of seeking apology and reform when a person wrongs another person.
- Concept: Forgiveness
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «because of His saying تعالى: { وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَا فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ … } (Shura 40)»
- Islam and Faith, p. 107: He cites it as evidence that dealing with wrongdoing in this world is through apology, forgiveness, and reform, not merely through inner repentance.
- Concept: Apology and forgiveness
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{ وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَا فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ… } (Shura 40),»
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