This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you are only pledging allegiance to God; the hand of God is above their hands
Brief reading
The verse is read within a lexical distinction that links pledge-taking to an outward formulation corresponding to transcendental interpretation.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Pledge-taking: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the discussion of language in divine attributes and to understanding the relationship between wording and meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- Toward a New Approach to Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 29: He employs it within an outward reading that makes for God a hand and a tangible superiority, in contrast to an interpreted transcendence.
- Concept: pledge-taking
- The verse’s function here: distinction
- Textual citation: «{ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ اللَّهُ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ } (الفتح ١٠).»
- Corresponding traditional reading: understanding it according to the apparent meaning
Related books
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