This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse Text as Cited
﴿فَأُولَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ … وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ﴾
Brief Reading
Shahrur uses it to broaden the meaning of the witnesses to include those who gave public testimony and paid with their lives for it.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- The rank of the witnesses: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It links witness-bearing to practical social action, not to combat death alone.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 1
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 61: He uses it to expand the witnesses to those who gave public testimony and paid for it with their lives, not to battle casualties only.
- Concept: The rank of the witnesses
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «ينطبق عليهم قوله – تعالى –: {فَأُولَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ … وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ} (النساء ٦٩).»
Related Books
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