This axis brings together 1 instance 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
﴿… Did you disbelieve in the One who created you …﴾
Brief reading
The verses are employed to clarify shirk as ascribing permanence and continuity to other than God, or associating others in worship.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Shirk: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It connects the doctrinal meaning of shirk with the signification of permanence and continuity.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 44: He uses it to define shirk as ascribing the attributes of permanence and continuity to other than God, or associating others in worship.
- Concept: Shirk
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: «{… Did you disbelieve in the One who created you …} (al-Kahf 35–37).»
Related books
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