This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
Shall We then make the Muslims like the criminals? * What is the matter with you? How do you judge?…
Brief reading
The verses are used to distinguish Muslims from criminals and to open an opposing definition of the criminal as someone severed from Islam.
Axes
- methodological
- faith-based
Related concepts
- distinction: 2
- Muslims: 1
- criminals: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It draws a conceptual boundary between religious affiliation and severance from it.
The verse’s role in the argument
- distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 9: he uses it to distinguish Muslims from criminals and to open an opposing definition of the criminal as someone severed from Islam.
- concept: distinction
- function of the verse here: distinction
- textual evidence: «{Shall We then make the Muslims like the criminals…} (al-Qalam 35–40).»
Related books
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