This axis brings together 1 location 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 cited

{Lَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ …}

Brief reading

It is cited to show that the Prophet’s partisanship for his people was concern and mercy, not kin-based or racial partisanship.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical
  • Concern: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It links prophetic leadership with social mercy.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • State and Society, pp. 69-70: Cited to show that the Prophet’s partisanship for his people was the partisanship of concern and mercy, not of lineage or race.
    • Concept: Concern
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «as stated by His, the Exalted, words: {لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُمُ…} (At-Tawbah 128).»

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