This axis gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as it appears
They ask you about the spoils. Say, the spoils belong to God and the Messenger…
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to affirm that authority is not exercised without accountability or regulation.
Axes
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Ruling authority accountability: 2
- Authority: 1
- Accountability: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It falls within a political conception of accountability and the limits of the ruler.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 25: used to affirm the principle that no one is above accountability and that authority is not exercised without regulation and oversight.
- Concept: Ruling authority accountability
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{They ask you about the spoils. Say, the spoils belong to God and the Messenger…} (Anfal 1)»
Related books
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