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.
The verse text as cited
So when a muḥkam sūrah is sent down, and fighting is mentioned in it
Brief reading
He interprets it to mean Sūrat al-Tawbah, which holds the hypocrites to account, not that every sūrah in which fighting is mentioned is muḥkam in the technical sense.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- The muḥkam sūrah: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It prevents technical generalization and regulates the meaning of muḥkam.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinguishing: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 102: He interprets it to mean Sūrat al-Tawbah, which holds the hypocrites to account, not that every sūrah in which fighting is mentioned is muḥkam in the technical sense.
- Concept: the muḥkam sūrah
- Function of the verse here: Distinguishing
- Textual evidence: «… we see that verse Muhammad 20 refers to Sūrat al-Tawbah, and specifically to verse 86 of it… “So when a muḥkam sūrah is sent down, and fighting is mentioned in it”»
- The corresponding traditional reading: Qatāda’s view and those who followed him that every sūrah in which jihad is mentioned is muḥkam
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