This axis gathers 3 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
God has relented toward the Prophet, the emigrants, and the Helpers
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse is taken as evidence for ijtihad in the prophetic station, and for the idea that some events are understood as an executive error, not as general legislation.
Axes
- Methodological
- Narrative and historical
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Prophethood and ijtihad: 3
- Executive error: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the distinction between the station of conveying and the station of ijtihad, and between the general ruling and the specific event.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Support: 1
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Instances of use
- Clearing the Sources of Terrorism, p. 251: He uses it to argue that the Prophet, in the prophetic station, exercised ijtihad and was not infallible, as a prelude to distinguishing between prophethood and messengerhood.
- Concept: Prophethood and ijtihad
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: «{لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارَ} (التوبة ١١٧)»
- Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 16: He cites it to establish that the Prophet, in the prophetic station, was a non-infallible practitioner of ijtihad, in contrast to the messengerial station of conveying, which is infallible.
- Concept: Prophethood and ijtihad
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{ لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارَ } (التوبة ١١٧)»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 140: He interprets it as evidence of an executive error in allowing the hypocrites to stay behind from fighting, not as a general legislation.
- Concept: Executive error
- Function of the verse here: Critique of the tradition
- Textual citation: «وقوله { لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ … } تدل على خطأ تنفيذي ارتكبوه»
Related books
- Clearing the Sources of Terrorism
- Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
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