Al-Ma'idah 67

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This axis gathers 3 instances 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 cited

O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And God will protect you from the people

Brief reading

The verse is used to establish the distinction between infallible messengerly conveyance and prophetic ijtihad, which is not made an independent source of legislation.

Axes

  • Methodological
  • Legislative
  • The message: 3
  • The message and conveyance: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters into the network of concepts that distinguishes between the function of the Messenger and the domain of ijtihad.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Establishing: 2
  • Supporting: 1

Instances of use

  • Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 251: He makes it the basis for the Messenger’s infallibility in the station of the message, as one who conveys rather than legislates on his own, in contrast to his ijtihad in the station of prophethood.
    • Concept: the message
    • The verse’s function here: Establishing
    • Textual citation: «{O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord…} (al-Ma’idah 67)»
  • Guide to a Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 16: He makes it the basis for distinguishing between the infallible function of messengerly conveyance and prophetic ijtihad, which is not binding on later generations.
    • Concept: the message and conveyance
    • The verse’s function here: Establishing
    • Textual citation: «{O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord … And God will protect you from the people} (al-Ma’idah 67)»
  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 122: He uses it to reinforce the view that what the Messenger is required to do is to convey what has been sent down to him, not to legislate from himself outside revelation.
    • Concept: the message
    • The verse’s function here: Supporting
    • Textual citation: «And his saying: {O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord …} (al-Ma’idah 67).»

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