This locus gathers 1 instance of how this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as it appears

AND HE WOULD COMMAND HIS HOUSEHOLD TO PRAYER AND ALMSGIVING, AND HE WAS ACCEPTED BY HIS LORD

Brief reading

It makes it an example that some messages were local and limited to those addressed, unlike Muhammad’s universal message.

Loci

  • Faith-based
  • Narrative and historical
  • Message: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It is linked to defining the scope of the message within the Qur’anic narrative.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 122: presents it as an example that some messages were local and limited to those addressed, unlike Muhammad’s universal message.
    • Concept: message
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: “And the message of Ishmael was prayer and almsgiving for his household only, as indicated by God’s saying: {وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ…} (Maryam 55).”

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