This node gathers one instance of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

Have you seen if he denied and turned away

Brief reading

The verse establishes the final limit in the derivations of allegiance by linking it to the meaning of turning away and turning back.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Methodological
  • Turning away: 2
  • Allegiance: 1
  • Rejection: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It represents a point of linguistic calibration for the concept of allegiance in the network.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Establishment: 1

Instances of use

  • Draining the Sources of Terrorism, p. 168: He cites it to define the final Qur’anic limit of the derivations of allegiance and connect them to the meaning of turning away.
    • Concept: turning away
    • Function of the verse here: establishment
    • Textual witness: «And its last is in His saying – Exalted be He –: {Have you seen if he denied and turned away} (al-‘Alaq 13).»

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