Al-Kahf 79

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

They work on the sea, so I wanted to damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every ship by force

Brief reading

The verse appears as an example of the permissibility of a preventive individual decision in the face of unjust authority to avert greater harm.

Axes

• Political and social

Related concepts

• Individual justice: 2
• Unjust authority: 1
• Averting harm: 1

Its position in the conceptual network

It reinforces the concept of individual justice in the face of tyranny and public harm.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Example: 1

Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse

These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.

Related structural theses

• The story of Moses and the righteous servant symbolizes the conflict between knowledge and law

Instances of use

• State and Society, p. 244: uses the story of damaging the ship as an example of the permissibility of a preventive individual decision in the face of unjust authority to avert greater harm.
  • Concept: Individual justice
  • Function of the verse here: Example
  • Textual evidence: “because he said: {So I wanted to damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every ship by force} (al-Kahf 79)”

Related books

• State and Society

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