This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
God does not forbid you, with regard to those who did not fight you on account of religion and did not expel you from your homes, from showing them kindness and acting justly toward them. Indeed, God loves those who act justly. * God only forbids you, with regard to those who fought you on account of religion, expelled you from your homes, and supported your expulsion, from taking them as allies; and whoever takes them as allies—those are the wrongdoers.
Brief reading
He makes the two verses the basis for distinguishing between peaceful relations between states and a state of aggression, considering the second a justification for resistance.
Axes
- Political and social
- Legislative
Related concepts
- International relations: 2
- Peace: 1
- Aggression: 1
- Resistance to the usurping state: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes the concept of international relations in the conditions of peace and aggression.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Humanity, p. 42: He makes the two verses the basis for distinguishing peaceful relations between states from a state of aggression, and makes the second a justification for resistance to the usurping state.
- Concept: international relations
- Function of the verse here: establishment
- Textual evidence: «{ God does not forbid you, with regard to those who did not fight you… } (al-Mumtahana 8-9). As for the first verse, it shows that relations should be friendly and peaceful between states…»
Related books
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