This axis gathers 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
Those whom the angels take while they are good, saying, “Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do.”
Brief reading
It is cited as evidence that the Hereafter’s recompense is tied to deeds, not to sheer mercy alone.
Axes
- Faith
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Recompense by deeds: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters the network of the relationship between deed and recompense and restricts readings that negate the effect of action.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Occurrences of use
- Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 226: It is cited as evidence that entry into Paradise is by what a person used to do, not merely by abstract mercy that nullifies the role of deeds.
- Concept: recompense by deeds
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “He says: {Those whom the angels take… Enter Paradise for what you used to do} (An-Nahl 32)”
- The corresponding traditional reading: that a person does not enter Paradise except by God’s mercy
Related books
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