This axis 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.
The verse text as cited
{… SO WHOEVER IS GUIDED, IS GUIDED ONLY FOR HIMSELF … AND I AM NOT A GUARDIAN OVER YOU}
Brief reading
The verse supports the idea that guidance and misguidance return to the human being himself, not to the messenger.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Freedom of guidance: 2
Its place in the concept network
It links individual responsibility to the path of guidance.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Uses
- State and Society, p. 303: cited to establish that a person’s guidance or misguidance returns to him, not to the messenger.
- Concept: Freedom of guidance
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {SAY, O PEOPLE, THE TRUTH HAS COME TO YOU FROM YOUR LORD … AND I AM NOT A GUARDIAN OVER YOU} (Jonah 108),»
Related books
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