This axis gathers one 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
AND WE SEIZED THOSE WHO WRONGED WITH A MISERABLE PUNISHMENT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY USED TO DISOBEY
Brief reading
He uses it to incorporate debauchery and disobedience within the signification of injustice, which in his view warrants defense and fighting.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Legal
Associated concepts
- injustice: 2
- debauchery: 1
- disobedience: 1
- defense: 1
- fighting: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to expanding the meaning of injustice in the chapter on conflict and repelling.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 93: He uses it to incorporate debauchery and disobedience within the signification of injustice, which in his view warrants defense and fighting.
- Concept: injustice
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «Injustice: disobedience and rebellion against God’s commands … as indicated by His – تعالى – saying: {وَأَخَذْنَا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا…}»
Related books
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