This locus gathers 1 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 quoted

{Obey God and His Messenger, and do not dispute, lest you fail and your strength depart; and be patient. Indeed, God is with the patient.}

Brief reading

Shahrur cites it to affirm that discord corrupts combat and leads to failure and destruction.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Methodological
  • Non-dispute: 2
  • Combat: 1
  • Failure: 1
  • Destruction: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters into regulating the conditions of the group and its cohesion in times of conflict.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Usages

  • Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 109: cited to affirm that discord corrupts combat and leads to failure and destruction.
    • Concept: non-dispute
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual citation: «And He - Glorified be He - says: {Obey God and His Messenger, and do not dispute, lest you fail…} (Anfal 46).»

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