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
  • 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).»

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