This axis gathers one place of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, together with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
﴿رُبْمَـا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ﴾
Brief reading
The verse defines unbelief here as hostility toward the Muhammadan call, not merely the absence of belief in God in the absolute sense.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Hostility toward the Messenger: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It functions to regulate the meaning of unbelief within the revelatory and social context of the call.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Draining the Sources of Terrorism, p. 44: He defines unbelief here as hostility toward the Muhammadan call, not merely the absence of belief in God in the absolute sense.
- Concept: Hostility toward the Messenger
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «{رُبْمَـا يَوْدُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ} (al-Hijr 2), so unbelief here is hostility toward the Messenger’s call»
Related books
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