This locus brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as given
{So let those fight in the path of God who sell the worldly life for the Hereafter …}
Brief reading
The verse is used to support defining lawful fighting in the path of God and granting reward to whoever enters it in this sense.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Faith-based fighting: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters the network of fighting as a disciplined act, not merely an absolute confrontation.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 114: He cites it among the verses of detail to identify who is called upon to fight in the path of God and who earns reward for it.
- Concept: Faith-based fighting
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «An-Nisa (74) | { فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ … }»
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