This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
They shall have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.
Brief reading
He cites it to affirm that the freedom of paradise is a freedom of blessings and permissibility, in which there is no obligation and no legal constraints.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Bliss: 2
- Permissibility in paradise: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves his conception of paradise as a space of abundance and permissibility, not of legislation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human: He cites it to affirm that the freedom of paradise is a freedom of blessings in which there is no obligation.
- Concept: bliss
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «- { لَهُمْ مَا يَشَاءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ } (ق ٣٥)»
- The State and Society, p. 207: He makes the verse evidence that paradise is characterized by the fulfillment of desires and the abundance of more, linking this to the idea that legal constraints are absent there.
- Concept: permissibility in paradise
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «It is a permissive society in which no law is applied because it does not need regulation … as He, تعالى, says: {لَهُمُ مَا يَشَاؤُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ} (Q 35)»
Related books
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