Al-Qasas 88

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This axis gathers 4 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 cited

EVERYTHING IS PERISHING EXCEPT HIS FACE

Brief reading

Shahrur relies on the verse to establish a cosmological conception based on the annihilation of all that is other than God, and to connect this with monotheism and justice.

Axes

  • Faith-related
  • Methodological
  • Legislative
  • Annihilation: 2
  • General dialectic: 2
  • Perishing: 2
  • Monotheism: 2

Its position in the conceptual network

It is linked to the law of transformation and annihilation and to the general cosmological inference.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 2
  • Foundation: 2

Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse

These links gather the pages that draw on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.

Instances of use

  • The State and Society, p. 15: Cites it to link the legitimacy of the civil state to the idea that all existent things are perishing except God, and that justice outside this framework is an illusion.
    • Concept: annihilation
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: “At this point lies the creed of the unity of lordship {EVERYTHING IS PERISHING EXCEPT HIS FACE} (Al-Qasas 88), or what we have called the law of glorification.”
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 20: Makes it an example of the general cosmic law that he derives from the sequencing of the verses related to creation and the human being.
    • Concept: general dialectic
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: “These verses confirmed that the Qur’an contains the law of general dialectic {EVERYTHING IS PERISHING EXCEPT HIS FACE} (Al-Qasas 88)”
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 198: Presents it as a Qur’anic formulation of the law of the perishing of form and the transformation of becoming in matter.
    • Concept: perishing
    • Function of the verse here: foundation
    • Textual evidence: “The most fitting formulation of this law is found in His saying تعالى {.. EVERYTHING IS PERISHING EXCEPT HIS FACE} (Al-Qasas 88).”
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 540: Uses it to establish an evolving cosmological conception and to link justice and existence to the law of glorification and transformation.
    • Concept: monotheism
    • Function of the verse here: foundation
    • Textual evidence: “In this substance lies the creed of the unity of lordship {.. EVERYTHING IS PERISHING EXCEPT HIS FACE..}”

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