This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

Are you going to kill a man just because he says, “My Lord is God”

Brief reading

Cited to highlight the legitimacy of defending a person of differing belief against the oppression of authority.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical
  • Religious freedom: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to the issue of social protection for freedom of belief.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 129: cited to highlight the legitimacy of defending a person of differing belief against the oppression of authority.
    • Concept: religious freedom
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «{ وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ … أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ … } (Ghafir 28).»

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