This axis brings together 3 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةٌ قَانِتًا لَّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Brief reading
The verse is used to expand the meaning of ummah and to connect it with Abrahamic hanifism and with a method of inquiry in religion.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Ummah: 2
- Hanifism: 2
- Abraham the hanif: 2
Its place in the concept network
It connects the linguistic meaning of ummah with the Abrahamic conception of hanifism.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 3
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 179: He cites it to affirm the breadth of the meaning of “umm” in Arabic and the Qur’an, and that it may denote both a community and a model.
- Concept: Ummah
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “‘Indeed Abraham was an ummah, devoutly obedient to God, a hanif…’ (An-Nahl 120).”
- The State and Society, p. 184: He cites it to affirm that the inductive method of inquiry does not contradict faith, but rather accords with Abraham’s hanifism.
- Concept: Hanifism
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “And this is an initiation with which God is pleased from its bearer, as indicated by His saying – تعالى –: {إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلَّهِ حَنِيفًا} (An-Nahl 120)”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 408: He uses it to highlight Abraham as the discoverer of hanifism in the cosmos and the founder of viewing religion as movement within limits.
- Concept: Abraham the hanif
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “And from here Abraham was {.a ummah devoutly obedient to God, a hanif}. (An-Nahl 120)“
Related books
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