This locus brings together 2 instances 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
{Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth … and you are not over them a guardian}
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to affirm that the message is a proclamation to all people, and that the responsibility for acceptance and choice rests with them, not with the Messenger.
Axes
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Proclamation to the people: 2
- Guardianship: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of proclamation versus guardianship in structuring the relationship between the Messenger and the people.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 303: He uses it to establish that the Book is addressed to all people, but that the responsibility for accepting it rests with them alone.
- Concept: Proclamation to the people
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- {Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth … and you are not over them a guardian} (Al-Zumar 41),»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 245: He uses it to show that the Messenger’s function is proclamation, not guardianship over people, and that guidance and misguidance return to their own choice.
- Concept: Guardianship
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «And he says: {Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth… and you are not over them a guardian (Al-Zumar 41)»
Related books
This page is presented within the general method of constructing the atlas.