This axis brings together one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with links to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what was sent down to Muhammad …
Brief reading
It makes this a basis for the existence of two faiths: a first faith in God and a second faith in Muhammad, and the second completes the first and does not negate it.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Faith: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It establishes a gradation of faith within the doctrinal structure.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Uses
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 11: it makes this a basis for the existence of two faiths: a first faith in God and a second faith in Muhammad, and the second completes the first and does not negate it.
- Concept: Faith
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “And for this reason the Wise Revelation mentions two faiths: the first faith… {وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا… وَآمَنُوا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ} (Muhammad 2)“
Related books
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