This locus 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.

Verse text as cited

WHOEVER COMES WITH A GOOD DEED WILL HAVE BETTER THAN IT… AND WHOEVER COMES WITH AN EVIL DEED, THEIR FACES WILL BE CAST INTO THE FIRE…

Brief reading

The reading incorporates it into what indicates that eschatological recompense is based on matching good deeds and evil deeds.

Axes

  • Faith-based
  • Humanistic and ethical
  • Recompense: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It is linked to the principle of ethical balancing in destiny.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • Islam and Faith, p. 227: He includes it among the other verses to establish that eschatological recompense operates according to the logic of matching good deeds with evil deeds.
    • Concept: Recompense
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «- {WHOEVER COMES WITH A GOOD DEED WILL HAVE BETTER THAN IT … AND WHOEVER COMES WITH AN EVIL DEED…} (An-Naml 89–90).»

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