This axis gathers 1 instance of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
{فَعَّالَ لِمَا يُرِيدُ}
Brief reading
Shahrur makes it a basis for negating absoluteness from human beings and affirming it for God alone.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Absolute will: 2
Its place in the concept network
It establishes a decisive distinction between divine competence and human possibility.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 103: He uses it to prove that absoluteness in action and competence are qualities of God alone and cannot rightly be claimed by human beings.
- Concept: Absolute will
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «٣ – {فَعَّالَ لِمَا يُرِيدُ} (Hud 107). God alone has absolute hand and competence, and He does as He wills.»
Related books
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