This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظَّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ…
Brief reading
The verse is used to define the meaning of walaya in the relationship of guidance and following within the believing community.
Axes
- Political and social
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Walaya: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the construction of the concept of walaya as both an organizational and a spiritual bond.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
Places of use
- Islam and Man: He builds on it the meaning of al-wali and al-mawla as the follower or one who follows in a social relationship.
- Concept: Walaya
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: «{ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظَّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ … } (al-Baqarah 257)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 169: He uses it to delimit God’s walaya to believers only, in the context of guidance and bringing them out of darkness into light.
- Concept: Walaya
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: «{اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا…} (al-Baqarah 257).»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of atlas construction.