This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ
Brief reading
On this basis, the idea is built that obedience pertains to the station of messengership, not merely to the prophetic person.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Obedience to the Messenger: 2
- Messengership: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes a boundary between messengership and the Messenger’s position.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Uses
- Islam and Human Beings: He uses it to bind believers to obey the Messenger in what he brought of the message and rites.
- Concept: Obedience to the Messenger
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ… } (An-Nisa 64)»
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 86: He builds on it the idea that the Messenger’s messengerial function is to be obeyed, and that obedience is to the station of messengership, not to the absolute prophetic person.
- Concept: Messengership
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «{وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ…} An-Nisa 64.»
Related books
- Islam and Human Beings
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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