This axis brings together 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

Every person is held in pledge by what they have earned

Brief reading

The verse supports tying a human being’s fate to their deeds and earnings, not to prior assumptions of deprivation or abundance.

Axes

  • Human and ethical
  • Legislative
  • earning: 2
  • work: 1
  • fate: 1

Its place in the concept network

It supports the concept of individual responsibility insofar as it is tied to earning.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 226: It is cited as evidence that a human being’s fate is tied to their work and earnings, not to deprivation or supposed prior abundance.
    • Concept: earning
    • The verse’s function here: Support
    • Textual citation: «He says — exalted be He —: {Every person is held in pledge by what they have earned} (al-Tur 21)»

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