This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

{ THE MESSENGER’S ONLY DUTY IS CONVEYANCE… }

Brief reading

The verse is made the basis for defining the messenger’s function as conveyance only, without creating a parallel religion or additional explanation.

Axes

  • Methodological
  • Faith-based
  • Conveyance: 3
  • Messenger: 1
  • Message: 1
  • Task: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It enters into the construction of a methodology that defines the limits of the messenger’s function in the message.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Establishing: 2

Places of use

  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 35: he makes it the basis for defining the messenger’s task as conveyance only, not explanation and not the establishment of a parallel religion.
    • Concept: Conveyance
    • The verse’s function here: Establishing
    • Textual evidence: «{ THE MESSENGER’S ONLY DUTY IS CONVEYANCE… } (al-Ma’idah 99).»
  • Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 122: he relies on it to define the messenger’s function in the message as conveyance only.
    • Concept: Conveyance
    • The verse’s function here: Establishing
    • Textual evidence: «Because He — تعالى — says: { THE MESSENGER’S ONLY DUTY IS CONVEYANCE } (al-Ma’idah 99),»

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