This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
Those are the ones in whose hearts He has written faith …
Brief reading
The verse is used to show that God establishes faith in the hearts of those who choose truth, with affection understood in a specific context.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Confirmation of faith: 2
- Affection: 2
- Truth: 1
- Kinship: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the concept of loyalty based on faith, not on kinship alone.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, pp. 19-20: He explains it as meaning that God establishes faith in the hearts of those who choose the stance of truth, even if it is against their relatives.
- Concept: consolidation of faith
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{… أُولَٰئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ …} (al-Mujādalah 22)»
- Drying up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 189: He understands it as a prohibition on exchanging affection with those who wage war against God and His Messenger, not as an instruction to initiate enmity and hatred.
- Concept: Affection
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ…} (al-Mujādalah 22).»
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