This locus brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as quoted
{And your people denied it, though it is the truth. Say, “I am not a guardian over you”}
Brief reading
Shahrur cites it to deny that the Messenger’s function is to impose positions on people or act as their proxy.
Axes
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Denial of proxy: 2
- Messenger’s function: 1
- Imposing a position: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to a critique of traditional notions of the Messenger’s authority and the limits of his role.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 303: he uses it as an additional witness that the Messenger’s function is not to impose a position on people.
- Concept: Denial of proxy
- The verse’s function here: Critique of the tradition
- Textual witness: «- {And your people denied it, though it is the truth. Say, “I am not a guardian over you”} (An’am 66),»
Related books
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