This locus 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
I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who has made it sacred, and to whom belongs everything; and I have been commanded to be among the Muslims and to recite the Qur’an. So whoever is guided is guided only for himself, and whoever goes astray, then say: I am only one of the warners.
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse establishes the link between the mission of the last of the prophets and the forbidden land within a phase based on reciting the Qur’an and warning, not on miracles.
Axes
- methodological
- political and social
Related concepts
- the forbidden land: 2
- human governance: 1
- reciting the Qur’an: 1
- warning: 1
- miracles: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the concept of the forbidden land and to the idea of the discourse’s shift to human governance.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of use
- Religion and Power, p. 74: He uses it to link the mission of the last of the prophets to the forbidden land and to the stage of human governance, which is based on reciting the Qur’an and warning rather than on miracles.
- Concept: the forbidden land
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «God manifested Himself in it through His sacred attributes and His divine governance: {I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city … and to recite the Qur’an …}»
Related books
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