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.

The verse as quoted

And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, abiding therein …

Brief reading

It is used to highlight a distinct intensification regarding intentional killing in the Muhammadan message compared with earlier formulations.

Themes

  • Legislative
  • Human and ethical
  • Intentional killing: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It clarifies the differentiation of rulings between intentional and accidental acts within the penal system.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 389: He uses it to highlight a distinct intensification regarding intentional killing in the Muhammadan message as opposed to earlier formulations in the law of Moses.
    • Concept: intentional killing
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «– {And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, abiding therein …} (An-Nisāʾ 92 and 93)»

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