This axis brings together 1 occurrence of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
O you who believe, when the call is made for prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of God and leave off trade.
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ Friday 9 in distinguishing between messengerhood and prophethood?
Shahrur employs the verse as an example of what he calls a verse from the “Book of the Message”: it contains two practical commands, to hasten to the remembrance of God and to leave off trade upon the call to Friday prayer. He therefore places it within the domain of obedience or disobedience, rather than the domain of affirmation or denial alone.
Shahrur considers Friday 9 an example of a messengerly verse because it contains two practical directives: hastening to the remembrance of God and leaving off trade upon the call to prayer. He links the verse’s practical commands to the question of obedience and acceptance, or disobedience and rejection.
Citation and Location
The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna — p. 86.
Limits of the Reading
- The cited passage establishes that Shahrur used the verse as an example of practical messengerly commands, but it is not sufficient to establish all the details of his theory or to assess it.
- No detailed legal ruling should be attributed to Shahrur on this page on the basis of this passage alone.
- Describing the verse as “messengerly” belongs to Shahrur’s terminology and classificatory framework in this citation; it does not necessarily state an agreed-upon meaning.
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Brief Reading
It is presented as a model of a messengerly verse containing practical commands that entail obedience or disobedience.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Legal commands: 2
- Obedience: 1
- Disobedience: 1
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It falls within the domain of directing the community’s practical discourse.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Example: 1
Occurrences of Use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 86: He cites it as a model of a messengerly verse containing practical commands that entail obedience or disobedience.
- Concept: Legal commands
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: “{O you who believe … hasten to the remembrance of God and leave off trade …} Friday 9, a verse from the Book of the Message containing two commands”
- Corresponding traditional reading: Book of the Message
Related Books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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