This hub gathers 3 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
A true promise binding upon Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an
Brief reading
The verse is invoked to affirm that fighting in the path of God is tied to a covenant of faith and to otherworldly reward, not to an open-ended war without a framework.
Axes
- Faith
- Political and social
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Prophethood: 2
- Fighting: 2
- Pledging allegiance to fight: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It falls within the connection between religious obligation and the limits of social and political action.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 3
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 122: He makes it evidence for the congruence of the three books of prophethood in their content, in contrast to his distinction between them and the legislative messages.
- Concept: Prophethood
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «In all of them there is congruence in prophethood, hence the conjunction of some of them with others in His saying تعالى: {.. A true promise binding upon Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an} (At-Tawbah 111).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 77: He cites it to emphasize that fighting associated with God’s path is part of an obligation framed by the divine covenant, not merely an open-ended war.
- Concept: Fighting
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «And so that he would be among those about whom He — تعالى — said: {Indeed, God has purchased from the believers…} (At-Tawbah 111).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 115: He groups it with verses of clarification to state that fighting in the path of God is linked to a covenant of faith and to otherworldly reward.
- Concept: Pledging allegiance to fight
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «At-Tawbah (111) | { Indeed, God has purchased from the believers their lives and their wealth … }»
Related books
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