This axis brings together 1 locus of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
Whoever comes with a good deed will have something better than it, and whoever comes with a bad deed—those who do bad deeds will not be recompensed except for what they used to do.
Brief reading
The verse affirms that the bad deed is recompensed in kind, within the distinction that Shahrur establishes between sin and bad deed.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- bad deed: 2
- recompense for the bad deed: 1
- sin: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the network of ethical concepts related to recompense.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 227: He uses it to affirm that the bad deed has a recompense of its own kind, within his framework distinguishing between sin and bad deed.
- Concept: bad deed
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {Whoever comes with a good deed will have something better than it, and whoever comes with a bad deed…} (Al-Qasas 84).»
Related books
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