This axis brings together 1 locus of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
And obey God and obey the Messenger … and if you turn away, then know that only the clear conveyance rests upon Our Messenger.
Brief reading
It is used to distinguish obedience to the Messenger during his lifetime from obedience to the enduring divine message.
Axes
- Methodological
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Obedience: 2
- Obedience to the Messenger: 1
- The message: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves the methodological distinction between levels of obedience and their legislative meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 134: He uses it to distinguish the political/legislative obedience to the Messenger during his lifetime from obedience to the enduring divine message.
- Concept: Obedience
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «{ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَاحْذَرُوا … } (al-Ma’idah 92)»
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