This locus brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with reference to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
O Prophet, struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe with them
Brief reading
Shahrur places it in the context of a specific incident, not in the realm of general legislation, and links it to the historical ambiguity surrounding jihad.
Loci
- Legislative
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- jihad: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
Its network relation appears in distinguishing situational jihad from general rulings.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the heritage: 1
- Context: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 50: He mentions it as a point of confusion among jurists when they turned jihad into fighting, then rereads it within the Muhammadic stories.
- Concept: jihad
- Function of the verse here: Critique of the heritage
- Textual evidence: «The contradiction among them lies between the verse of al-Baqarah 256 and His – تعالى – saying: {O Prophet, struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites …}»
- Counterpart traditional reading: regarding jihad in it as fighting from the outset.
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 140: He counts it among situational directives tied to a specific incident, not among the laws of general legislation.
- Concept: jihad
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «* O Prophet, struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.