This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And those who believe in God and His messengers—those are the truthful and the witnesses before their Lord; they will have their reward and their light
Brief reading
The verse makes clear that the witnesses are not confined to those killed in battle; rather, it includes a broader indication tied to faith.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Witnessing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into a redefinition of the concept according to its Qur’anic usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism, p. 76: He takes it as evidence that the witnesses are not confined to those killed in battle, but that the verse includes believers in God and His messengers.
- Concept: Witnessing
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual citation: “Unlike His — exalted be He — saying: {And those who believe in God and His messengers—those are the truthful and the witnesses before their Lord…} (al-Ḥadīd 19).”
- The corresponding traditional reading: restricting the witnesses to those killed in the path of God
Related books
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