This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
And you have no protectors apart from God …
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ the Qur’anic statement: “And you have no protectors apart from God; then you will not be supported”?
Shahrur cites the verse among Qur’anic evidences in his discussion of the meaning of “the wali and the mawla,” after defining them as the master who is followed, or the obedient follower who conforms to his master’s commands and prohibitions. Thus, for him, the verse is connected to the negation of protectors apart from God and to the support mentioned at its conclusion; however, a detailed development of this connection into a complete theory of guidance or support does not appear fully in the available excerpt.
Shahrur cites Hud 113 in the context of his explanation of the terms “wali” and “mawla.” In the same excerpt, he defines “the wali and the mawla” through their relation to following, obedience, and conformity to the master’s commands and prohibitions, then includes Hud 113 among the cited verses.
Evidence and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 169.
Limits of the Reading
- The evidence is excerpted before the completion of Shahrur’s statement, “As for in the first… and as for in the second…”; therefore, the details of the classification within which he places the verse cannot be determined with certainty.
- The quotation establishes the occurrence of the verse in a discussion of the wali and mawla, but it does not by itself establish an independent and expanded interpretation of the verse.
- One should not attribute the meaning of guidance to Hud 113 itself merely on the basis of its proximity to Qur’an 2:257 in the list of cited verses.
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Brief Reading
Shahrur uses it to affirm that God alone possesses true guardianship in the context of guidance and support.
Axes
- Faith
- Political and Social
Related Concepts
- Guardianship: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It reinforces the meaning of guardianship as a divine prerogative.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Support: 1
Occurrences of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 169: He uses it to establish that God alone possesses true guardianship in the context of guidance and support.
- Concept: guardianship
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “{And you have no protectors apart from God…} (Hud 113).”
Related Books
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