Al-Qasas 54

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This hub gathers 4 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as cited

and they avert evil with good, and from what We have provided them they spend

Brief reading

In Shahrur’s view, the verse establishes the idea that good erases evil and wards off its effect within the logic of repentance and reform.

Hubs

  • Human and moral
  • Legislative
  • Expiation: 3
  • Expiation through good deeds: 2
  • Repelling evil: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It is linked to the relationship between righteous action and evil, and to the construction of the meaning of expiation.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 3
  • Establishment: 1

Instances of use

  • Islam and the Human: He makes it evidence that evil in relation to God is repelled by good, that is, by expiating it.
    • Concept: expiation
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «{ … وَيَذْرَءُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ } (al-Qasas 54)»
  • Islam and the Human: He makes it evidence that good covers evil in otherworldly expiation.
    • Concept: expiation
    • Function of the verse here: establishment
    • Textual evidence: «The remedy for this part of evil is expiation for it, according to His saying تعالى: { … وَيَذْرَءُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ } (al-Qasas 54)»
  • Islam and Faith, p. 106: He uses it to state that good covers evil and expiates it in the logic of repentance and reform.
    • Concept: expiation through good deeds
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «{ … وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ } (al-Qasas 54),»
  • Islam and Faith, p. 227: He employs it to establish that good deeds remove evil and that righteous action repels wrongful action.
    • Concept: repelling evil
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «- {أُولَئِكَ يُؤْتُونَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ … وَيَذْرَءُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ…} (al-Qasas 54).»

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