This axis brings together 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
So if they withdraw from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then God has made no way for you against them
Brief reading
The verse is taken as a basis for treating withdrawal and peace as an entry point to ending fighting.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- debate: 2
- withdrawal from fighting: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the principle of peace and avoiding confrontation when peace is chosen.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 1
- foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 280: He uses it to confirm the criterion of peace and withdrawal in non-confrontational debate.
- Concept: debate
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «as in His saying تعالى {إِلَّا الَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ مِيثَاقٌ … فَإِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ …} (an-Nisa 90).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 109: He makes it a basis for the idea that whoever withdraws from fighting and offers peace is no longer subject to fighting, and attacking them becomes forbidden.
- Concept: withdrawal from fighting
- Function of the verse here: foundation
- Textual evidence: «{فَإِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ فَمَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبِيلًا} (an-Nisa 90).»
Related books
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