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
Related concepts
- 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).”
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.