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 as cited
Those who say, “God is the Messiah, son of Mary,” have certainly disbelieved… And the Messiah said, “O Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord…” Indeed, whoever associates anything with God… then God has forbidden Paradise for him
Brief reading
The verse is used to critique incarnation and to regard it as a form of disbelief, while linking disbelief to an explicit statement and confrontation.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Associated concepts
- Incarnation: 3
- Disbelief: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concepts of incarnation and disbelief in formulating a clear doctrinal position.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 2
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human: He uses it to criticize the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation and to regard it as disbelief and an extension of the idea of personification.
- Concept: incarnation
- Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «{ لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ … } (al-Ma’idah 72)»
- The corresponding traditional reading: the claim that Christ is divine or that God became incarnate in him
- Islam and Faith, p. 245: He understands it as a condemnation of the polytheism of incarnation, and makes it one of the gravest forms of polytheism because it leads to the barring of Paradise.
- Concept: incarnation
- Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «A - { لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ [هُوَ] الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ… … فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ…} (al-Ma’idah 72).»
- The corresponding traditional reading: saying that God is the Messiah
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 14: He cites it as proof that disbelief in the Qur’an is an explicit statement; therefore, he links it to declaration and open confrontation.
- Concept: disbelief
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «The Exalted says: {لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ} (al-Ma’idah 72)»
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