This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
AND WHOEVER SUBMITS HIS FACE TO GOD WHILE HE IS DOING GOOD HAS INDEED GRASPED THE FIRM HANDHOLD, AND TO GOD IS THE ULTIMATE END OF ALL AFFAIRS
Brief reading
It makes it a witness that holding fast to the firm handhold means Islam in its pillars together with excellence in conduct.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
Its place in the network of concepts
It connects doctrinal holding fast with the methodological construction of Islam and excellence in conduct.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 109: it makes it a witness that holding fast to the firm handhold means Islam in its pillars together with excellence in conduct.
- Concept: the firm handhold
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual witness: «The term (the firm handhold) occurs in the قوله تعالى: {وَمَنْ يُسْلِمَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى»
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