This locus brings together 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 as Cited
{If they turn away, then We have not sent you over them as a guardian. Your only duty is delivery.}
Brief Reading
The verse confines the messenger’s function to delivery, without control or guardianship.
Loci
- Methodological
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Delivery: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It establishes a distinction between conveying the message and exercising domination over people.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Establishing: 1
Instances of Use
- State and Society, p. 303: treats it as a decisive text in restricting the messenger’s function to delivery without control or guardianship.
- Concept: Delivery
- Role of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «- {If they turn away, then We have not sent you over them as a guardian. Your only duty is delivery.} (Ash-Shura 48),»
Related Books
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