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.
The verse as quoted
O you who believe, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies …
Brief reading
The verse is used to critique expanding allegiance into general religious enmity and into contemporary political takfir.
Axes
- Political and social
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- allegiance: 2
- political takfir: 1
- religious enmity: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into a network of critique of the inherited tradition associated with the misuse of the meaning of allegiance.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the inherited tradition: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 186: he uses it within his critique of extending it into general religious enmity and contemporary political takfir.
- Concept: allegiance
- The verse’s function here: critique of the inherited tradition
- Textual citation: «{O you who believe, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies…} (al-Mā’idah 51).»
- The corresponding traditional reading: interpreting it as a basis for absolute dissociation from Jews and Christians
Related books
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