This node gathers 2 instances of Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as cited

{Indeed, God only forbids you from those who fought you in religion … that you should ally yourselves with them …}

Brief reading

The verse is used to distinguish between those whose allegiance is forbidden because of fighting and oppression, and those with whom righteousness and justice are permitted.

Axes

  • political and social
  • methodological
  • wilaya: 2
  • debate: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It draws a boundary between prohibited allegiance and possible debate or interaction.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • distinction: 2

Instances of use

  • The State and Society, p. 299: He uses it to distinguish between the group of combatants who are forbidden to be allied with, and another group with whom righteousness and justice are permitted.
    • concept: wilaya
    • function of the verse here: distinction
    • textual evidence: «- {Indeed, God only forbids you from those who fought you in religion …} (al-Mumtahana 9).»
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 280: He uses it to distinguish conciliatory debate from confrontational debate according to the presence of fighting and oppression.
    • concept: debate
    • function of the verse here: distinction
    • textual evidence: «{Indeed, God forbids you only from those who fought you in religion … that you should ally yourselves with them} (al-Mumtahana 8, 9).»

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