This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
The hypocrite men and the hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right
Brief reading
It is employed to characterize hypocrisy as a reversal of the good and the evil in collective behavior.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Hypocrisy: 2
- The good and the evil: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It links the ethics of action with the community’s stance toward truth and falsehood.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 164: He places it opposite the verses about the believers to distinguish the direction of hypocrisy as a reversal of the good and the evil.
- Concept: Hypocrisy
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «At-Tawbah (67) | {THE HYPOCRITE MEN AND THE HYPOCRITE WOMEN… THEY ENJOIN WHAT IS WRONG AND FORBID WHAT IS RIGHT}»
Related books
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