This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with linkage to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as quoted

“I do not associate anyone with my Lord.”

Brief reading

The owner of the garden is invoked as an example of how believing that something remains in an independent state can turn into polytheism.

Loci

  • Faith
  • Narrative and historical

Associated concepts

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters the network of narrative examples that explain the concept of polytheism.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Uses

  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 128: He uses the story of the owner of the garden as an example of how believing that something persists, or has absolute independence, can turn into polytheism.
    • Concept: Polytheism
    • The verse’s function here: Example
    • Textual evidence: «{ … but He is Allah, my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with my Lord } (al-Kahf 35–38),»

This page is presented within the general method of building the atlas.