This hub 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.
The verse text as quoted
﴿… IF YOU WERE TO LOOK UPON THEM, YOU WOULD TURN AWAY FROM THEM FLEEING, AND WOULD BE FILLED WITH TERROR FROM THEM﴾
Brief reading
The verse is used as an example that terror may arise from the frightening scene itself, not from fighting alone.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Terror: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It supports expanding the concept of terror beyond the image of direct violence.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Purging the Sources of Terrorism, p. 42: It is invoked to argue that terror may come from a frightening scene, not only from killing and fighting.
- Concept: terror
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: «{… وَلَمَلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا} (الكهف ١٨).»
Related books
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