This axis brings together 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
Permission is given to those who are fought because they have been wronged
Brief reading
With it, Shahrur establishes the idea that oppression is the first reason that makes combat obligatory, and that permission to fight is tied to the occurrence of oppression.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Oppression: 2
- Permission to fight: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is directly connected to the construction of the concept of jihad as a response to oppression.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 93: treats oppression as the first cause that makes combat and jihad obligatory, while considering the beginning to be peaceful before moving to combat.
- Concept: oppression
- The verse’s function here: establishing
- Textual citation: “The occurrence of oppression: according to His saying—exalted is He—{Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged} (al-Hajj 39).”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 115: presents it as evidence that permission to fight is linked to the oppression suffered by those being fought.
- Concept: permission to fight
- The verse’s function here: supporting
- Textual citation: “al-Hajj (39) | { Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged … }”
Related books
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