An-Nahl 106

This locus gathers 3 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

Whoever disbelieves in God after having believed—except for one who is coerced while his heart is secure in faith…

The verse is based on negating the religious significance of an act done under coercion, while distinguishing coercion from necessity.

It enters the network of negating compulsion in faith and defining the effect of coercion on legal judgment.

Islam and the Human Being: He distinguishes through it between coercion and necessity, and states that coercion removes liability for the prohibited act.
- Concept: Coercion
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ … } (An-Nahl 106)»
Islam and Faith, p. 88: He cites it as evidence for the existence of coercion that is rejected in religion, with the exception of being coerced into disbelief while the heart is reassured.
- Concept: Coercion
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- { … إِلَّا مَنْ أَكْرَهُ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌ بِالْإِيمَانِ… } (An-Nahl 106),»
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 158: He builds on it to argue that coercion negates the religious validity of the act, because faith is not valid under compulsion.
- Concept: Coercion
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «For with coercion there is no valid faith and no legal consequence of disbelief, as indicated by His, Exalted be He, saying: {Whoever disbelieves in God… except one who is coerced…}»

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