This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that emerge around it.
The verse text as it appears
As for the human being, when his Lord tries him and honors him and blesses him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.” But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”
Brief reading
The verses make trial an objective law that appears in the inequality of livelihoods and ambitions within society.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Trial: 2
Its position in the network of concepts
It links the divine test to the structure of social reality.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Instances of use
- A Guide to a Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 52: It turns trial into an objective law that appears in the inequality of livelihoods and ambitions within society.
- Concept: trial
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “the meaning that trial is an objective law … as God the Exalted says: { وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ … } (al-Fajr 15–16).”
Related books
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