Disbelievers 1-6

This axis gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

﴿SAY, O DISBELIEVERS … FOR YOU IS YOUR RELIGION, AND FOR ME IS MY RELIGION﴾

Brief reading

The verses are read as a declaration of disavowal of the opposing position, without moving to violence.

Axes

• Faith
• Human and ethical

Associated concepts

• Disavowal: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to the path of negating violence while affirming a clear doctrinal stance.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Support: 1

Places of use

• Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 44: He uses it to show that disbelief is mutual as a missionary/adversarial stance, and that the Prophet was content with disavowal without violence.
  • Concept: Disavowal
  • Function of the verse here: Support
  • Textual citation: «{SAY, O DISBELIEVERS (1) … FOR YOU IS YOUR RELIGION, AND FOR ME IS MY RELIGION} (Al-Kafirun 1–6).»

Related books

• Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism

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