This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
{And those who take protectors apart from Him—God is watchful over them, and you are not a guardian over them}
Brief Reading
The verse is used to affirm that messengers are not guardians over people’s consciences or their choices.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related Concepts
- Negation of guardianship: 2
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It contributes to the critique of conceptions that grant the Messenger an authority exceeding the conveyance of the message.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Critique of tradition: 1
Instances of Use
- The State and Society, p. 303: He uses it to reinforce the idea that messengers are not guardians over people’s consciences or their choices.
- Concept: Negation of guardianship
- Function of the verse here: Critique of tradition
- Textual witness: “- {And those who take protectors apart from Him—God is watchful over them, and you are not a guardian over them} (Ash-Shura 6),”
Related Books
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