This axis gathers 2 places 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
And do not ever pray over any of them who dies … God only intends to punish them by means of it in this world …
Brief reading
Shahrur reads it as part of a historical context tied to the hypocrites and punishment, not as a general legislative discourse.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Hypocrites: 2
- Punishment: 2
Its place in the concept network
It enters a network that shows the specificity of the event and the limits of its faith-based significance.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
- Support: 1
Uses
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 39: He cites it at the conclusion of his discussion of Surat At-Tawbah as part of the context of a historical event connected to the hypocrites, not as a general legal prescription.
- Concept: hypocrites
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual citation: «﴿وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا …﴾ (At-Tawbah 84, 85)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 39: He uses it as evidence that Surat At-Tawbah addresses a case deserving punishment in its own circumstances, not a general message of mercy.
- Concept: punishment
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: «﴿وَلَا تُصَلَّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ …﴾ (At-Tawbah 84, 85). And whoever follows these verses will find in them no mercy of the Lord of the worlds»
Related books
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