This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
God’s remainder is better for you… and I am not a guardian over you
Brief reading
By it, he affirms that the Prophet’s task is not to preserve people or watch over them, but only to convey the message.
Loci
- Legislative
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Negation of guardianship: 2
- Conveyance: 1
- The Prophet’s task: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It contributes to criticizing conceptions that expand the Prophet’s function beyond conveyance.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 303: He uses it to affirm that the Prophet’s task is not to preserve people or watch over them, but only to convey the message.
- Concept: Negation of guardianship
- The verse’s function here: Critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «- {بَقِيَّةُ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ … وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ} (Hud 86),»
Related books
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