This axis gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
{I KNOW OF NO GOD FOR YOU OTHER THAN ME}
Brief reading
The verse is presented as an example of rejecting the demand for absolute obedience as an infringement upon divinity.
Axes
- Political and social
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Divinity and obedience: 2
- Absolute leadership: 1
- Unconditional obedience: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to a critique of tyranny when it turns into a claim to absolute religious authority.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 103: He makes it an example of claiming absolute leadership and demanding unconditional obedience as an infringement upon divinity.
- Concept: Divinity and obedience
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «٤ – {مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرِي} (القصص ٣٨). كل من يعتدي على الألوهية وهو طلب الطاعة غير المشروطة فقد تعدى على الله في ألوهيته»
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