This axis gathers 1 place 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 it appears
… AND GOD DOES NOT WILL INJUSTICE FOR THE SERVANTS
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse comes to distinguish the connotation of “servants” in this world from “slaves” in the Hereafter, within the context of the Hereafter.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- servants: 2
- the Hereafter: 1
- distinction between servants and slaves: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the conceptual network of the Hereafter and the semantic distinction between terms.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Human Beings: He uses it together with verses about the Hereafter to distinguish between servants in this world and slaves in the Hereafter.
- Concept: servants
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual evidence: «{ … وَمَا اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِلْعِبَادِ } (Ghafir 31)»
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