This axis brings together 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
So remind; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller.
Brief reading
He uses it to establish the right to freedom of expression, while making the messenger’s function reminder rather than coercion.
Axes
- Methodological
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Freedom of expression: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the construction of a conception based on negating compulsion and affirming the right to speak.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 2
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 236: He employs it to affirm that freedom of expression is a right that may not be taken away or subjected to compulsion.
- Concept: Freedom of expression
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual citation: «In his قوله: {فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ(21)لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ} (al-Ghashiyah 21, 22)»
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 23: He makes it evidence for freedom of expression and for the messenger’s function as reminder, not coercion or control.
- Concept: Freedom of expression
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual citation: «In his قوله: {فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ … لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُسَيْطِرٍ} (al-Ghashiyah 21, 22)»
Related books
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