This axis gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ
Brief reading
The verse is used to establish that disbelief, in Shahrur’s view, is understood as a visible practical turning away, not merely an inward stance.
Axes
- faith-based
- political and social
Related concepts
- turning away: 4
- practical disbelief: 1
- warning: 1
- open opposition: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to defining disbelief at the level of conduct and open confrontation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 3
Instances of use
- Islam and Human Beings: He uses it to link disbelief to practical turning away rather than to mere inward belief.
- concept: turning away
- verse function here: support
- textual evidence: «{ … وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ } (الأحقاف ٣)»
- Islam and Human Beings: He makes turning away an example of how disbelief, in his view, is an open stance and conduct, not merely an internal conviction.
- concept: turning away
- verse function here: support
- textual evidence: «While we find that polytheism is the voice of any conviction, we find that disbelief is the voice of speech, that is, a behavior and an aggressive stance… { … وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ } (الأحقاف ٣)»
- Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 40: He uses it to confirm that disbelief, in his view, is a public oppositional stance and a turning away from warning.
- concept: turning away
- verse function here: support
- textual evidence: «{ … وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ } (الأحقاف ٣).»
Related books
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