Al Imran 75

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

The verse text as cited

Whoever, if you entrust him with a dinar, will not return it to you…

Brief reading

Shahrur employs it together with its continuation to present his division of the People of the Book versus the unlettered, and that the Jews and Christians view others as unlettered or goyim.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • The unlettered: 2
  • The People of the Book: 1
  • The Jews: 1
  • The Christians: 1
  • Goyim: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It is connected to defining social relations between religious groups.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Uses

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 124: He employs it together with its continuation to present his division of the People of the Book versus the unlettered, and that the Jews and Christians view others as unlettered/goyim.
    • Concept: The unlettered
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: «And this is also clear in verse 75 of Al Imran when he mentioned the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians, so among them, that is, the Jews: {Whoever, if you entrust him with a dinar, will not return it to you}»

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