This node brings together 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

The Day when a man will flee from his brother …

Brief reading

It is cited to show that the terrors of the Day of Judgment dissolve temporary family and tribal loyalties.

Themes

  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical
  • Family loyalty: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It connects eschatological warning with the disintegration of the ties of social partisanship.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 172: It is cited to show that the terrors of the Day of Judgment dissolve temporary family and tribal loyalties.
    • Concept: family loyalty
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: «{The Day when a man will flee from his brother…} (Abasa 34–36).»

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