This axis brings together 5 instances 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 cited
{.. THE ENJOINERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT, THE FORBIDDERS OF WHAT IS WRONG, AND THOSE WHO PRESERVE THE LIMITS OF God. AND GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE BELIEVERS}
Brief reading
The verse comes to establish a connection between faith and organized social action, where enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong are joined with preserving the limits.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Enjoining what is right: 2
- Faith: 2
- Preserving the limits: 2
- Customary norms: 1
- Guardianship: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It works to connect the devotional dimension with the social structure of commitment.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 4
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 471: He takes it as a linguistic and terminological entry point for defining the right and the wrong and linking them to the social system and the limits.
- Concept: enjoining what is right
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: “The fourth branch: the principle of enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong - {.. THE ENJOINERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT, THE FORBIDDERS OF WHAT IS WRONG…}”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 538: He restricts the good news to the believers who preserve God’s limits and carry out enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.
- Concept: Faith
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “He followed His saying {… THE ENJOINERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT, THE FORBIDDERS OF WHAT IS WRONG, AND THOSE WHO PRESERVE THE LIMITS OF GOD…} with His saying {AND GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE BELIEVERS}”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, pp. 159-160: He employs it to show that the verse combines worship, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and preserving God’s limits within a single line.
- Concept: preserving the limits
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “And His saying - تعالى -: {THE REPENTANT, THE WORSHIPERS… THE ENJOINERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT…}”
- The State and Society, p. 236: He makes the verse evidence for considering custom a legislative source so long as it is in harmony with God’s limits.
- Concept: customary norms
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “It is also among the sources of legislation so long as it does not contradict God’s limits; {THE ENJOINERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT …} (At-Tawbah 112)”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, pp. 159-160: He uses it to show that enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong are part of a believing social system, not an instrument of individual coercion.
- Concept: guardianship
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “We pause at His saying - تعالى -: {THE BELIEVING MEN AND THE BELIEVING WOMEN ARE ALLIES OF ONE ANOTHER…}”
Related books
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