This axis gathers 2 instances of Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
{ O you who believe, when you encounter those who disbelieve advancing in battle, do not turn your backs to them }
Brief reading
The verse is read as evidence that unbelief here denotes a hostile wartime stance, not an absolute doctrinal description.
Axes
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Wartime unbelief: 2
- Unbelief: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It helps distinguish meaning according to the political and military context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 40: He makes it evidence that the description of unbelief changes in the context of war into a description of the hostile stance exchanged between the parties.
- Concept: wartime unbelief
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual citation: «{ O you who believe, when you encounter those who disbelieve advancing in battle… } (Anfal 15).»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 41: He uses the verse to indicate that unbelief here is a hostile wartime stance between two warring sides, not an absolute doctrinal description.
- Concept: unbelief
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual citation: «God Almighty said to the believers among the followers of the Messenger about their opponents who had fought them: { … do not turn your backs to them } (Anfal 15). And even the Battle of the Camel took place between two unbelieving factions»
Related books
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