This axis gathers 2 instances 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
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ…
Brief reading
It is cited as evidence that knowledge and understanding are a condition for taqwa, and that reverence arises from apprehension, not from mere contact.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Taqwa: 2
- Reverence and knowledge: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to link knowledge and reverence in his understanding of guidance and taqwa.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 45: He makes knowledge and understanding a condition for the taqwa that he connects to the verse on the Book’s guidance.
- Concept: Taqwa
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And the muttaqūn are those who fear God with knowledge, understanding, and faith, as indicated by His saying تعالى {… إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ…} (Fatir 28).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 154: It is cited as evidence that reverence results from apprehension and knowledge, not from mere physical touching of the Qur’an.
- Concept: Reverence and knowledge
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And reverence is fear based on apprehension, according to His saying تعالى {.. إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ..}»
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