al-Ma'ida 44

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

INNA ANZALNA AL-TAWRATA FIHA HUDAN WA NUR … WA-MAN LAM YAHKUM BIMA ANZALA ALLAHU FA-ULA’IKA HUMU AL-KAFIRUN

Brief reading

Shahrur maintains that the address here is directed to the Jews who added their own ijtihad to the law of Moses, not to Muslims in general.

Axes

• Political and social
• Legislative

Related concepts

• al-hakimiyya: 2
• Shari’a: 1
• unbelief: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It contributes to critiquing the generalization in the concept of hakimiyya.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Critique of the heritage: 1

Uses

• The Book and the Qur’an, p. 400: He stresses that the description of unbelief is, in its context, directed at the Jews who added their own ijtihad to the law of Moses, not to Muslims in general.
  • Concept: al-hakimiyya
  • Function of the verse here: Critique of the heritage
  • Textual evidence: «As for His saying تعالى {.. وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ} it came as a concluding phrase to al-Ma’ida 44»
  • Corresponding traditional reading: the slogan of hakimiyya over Muslims

Related books

• The Book and the Qur’an

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