This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with links to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
{If Allah had willed, they would not have associated partners. And We did not appoint you as a guardian over them, nor are you a trustee over them.}
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to show that the messenger is not an agent over people’s beliefs, nor responsible for forcing them to believe.
Axes
- Political and social
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Rejection of agency: 2
- Freedom of belief: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters a network that distinguishes between the message and control over human conviction.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of heritage: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 303: Cited to argue that the messenger is not an agent over people’s beliefs, nor responsible for coercing them into belief.
- Concept: Rejection of agency
- Function of the verse here: Critique of heritage
- Textual evidence: «- {If Allah had willed, they would not have associated partners. And We did not appoint you as a guardian over them, nor are you a trustee over them} (Al-An’am 107),»
Related books
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