This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
{So let those fight in the way of God who exchange the life of this world for the Hereafter …}
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ Qur’an 4:74 in his discussion of fighting in the way of God?
Shahrur cites the verse within a list of verses related to fighting in the way of God, and establishes from it that whoever fights in the way of God and is killed or prevails is promised a “great reward.” However, the accompanying evidence does not explain the meaning of “in the way of God,” nor does it derive from the verse alone a detailed criterion for the legitimacy of fighting.
Shahrur included Qur’an 4:74 in a list of verses on fighting in the way of God in the book Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism. As cited in the evidence, the verse links fighting in the way of God to the promise of a “great reward” for one who is killed or prevails.
Evidence and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 114.
Limits of the Reading
- The evidence is excerpted from a table or list of verses and does not contain a direct interpretation of the verse by Shahrur.
- The excerpt alone does not establish Shahrur’s understanding of “in the way of God,” nor the conditions, parties, or limits of fighting.
- No interpretive relationship should be constructed with the neighboring verses in the list merely because they appear together without explicit explanation.
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Brief Reading
The verse is used to support the definition of legitimate fighting in the way of God and the granting of reward to those who engage in it in this sense.
Axes
- Legal
- Political and Social
Related Concepts
- Faith-based fighting: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It enters the network of fighting as a regulated act, rather than merely an absolute confrontation.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 1
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 114: He cites it among the verses providing detail in order to determine who is called to fight in the way of God and who receives a reward for it.
- Concept: Faith-based fighting
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “Women (74) | {So let those fight in the way of God who exchange the life of this world for the Hereafter …}”
Related Books
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