This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
﴿They took their rabbis and monks as lords besides God﴾
Brief reading
He cites it to show that the linguistic root of monasticism does not denote killing or fighting, but fear and asceticism.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Monasticism: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to extract meaning from the root before loading it with later rulings.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Uses
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 41: He cites it among the derivations of (r-h-b) to show that its root does not denote killing or fighting, but fear/monastic piety and asceticism.
- Concept: Monasticism
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “And in His saying: {They took their priests and their monks as lords besides God} (At-Tawbah 31)“
Related books
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