Intended Meaning
The passage presents Islam as submission to God and the Last Day, together with commitment to righteous deeds. Thus, Islam here is not merely a nominal identity, but a practical and behavioral stance grounded in righteousness in action.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: value-based
- Argument movement: it makes Islam a righteous act, not a nominal identity.
- Key terms: Islam, righteous deeds, rites.
- Degree of centrality: central.
The atom frames Islam as a practical commitment linked to goodness in action, not merely a verbal definition or a rite detached from conduct.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
- Islam, Faith, and Righteous Deeds
- Islam
- Righteous Deeds
Basis
- Supporting text: “Islam: submission to God and the Last Day and righteous deeds. Faith: faith in the prophethood of Muhammad after Islam, with the performance of rites.”
Location of the Basis in the Book
- Book: Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism.
- Location: in the final section of the book
- Type of basis: close evidence.
- Marker that helps verification: and righteous deeds are the general conduct of the Muslim
- Reading note: the passage defines Islam as based on faith in God and the Last Day in submission, and on righteous deeds, which matches the atom.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: structurally documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom rests on more than one piece of evidence or on a clear composition of closely related expressions.
- Reason for classification: the passages define Islam through righteous deeds and reinforce this with a direct phrase.
- Limits of the reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the evidence is transmitted textually.
Editorial note
The atom serves the discourse of drying up violence by focusing on righteousness.