This axis gathers 1 location of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
It is written upon him that whoever takes him as an ally, he will mislead him…
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to show that some laws operate as statutes written into beings, including the connection between misguidance and following Satan.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Misguidance: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of fixed laws that govern behavior and outcomes.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Locations of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 44: He uses it to show that some laws operate as statutes written into beings, including the connection between misguidance and following Satan.
- Concept: misguidance
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{It is written upon him that whoever takes him as an ally, he will mislead him…} (al-Hajj 4).»
Related books
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