This axis 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.
The verse text as quoted
Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’in
Brief reading
Makes it a basis for understanding worship as a free and responsible choice, with no coercion in it.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Worship: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
Establishes the concept of the relationship between the human being and his Lord on the basis of freedom.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 275: Uses it to connect servitude with the meaning of abasement and submission within the first meaning of the root.
- Concept: Worship
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «In the first meaning came His saying {IYYĀKA NAʿBUDU WA IYYĀKA NASTAʿĪNU} (Al-Fatiha 5), and from it came al-ʿibād and al-ʿabīd.»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 58: Uses it to affirm that worship here is a free and responsible choice, with no coercion in it.
- Concept: Worship
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «And the servants of God are those who obey Him and disobey Him of their own full will … according to His saying تعالى: { IYYĀKA NAʿBUDU WA IYYĀKA NASTAʿĪNU } (Al-Fatiha 5).»
Related books
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