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
Related concepts
- 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),»
Related books
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
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