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
Related concepts
- 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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