This locus brings together 2 places 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
وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ …
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse supports the idea that human difference arises from freedom, and that the variation among people is not understood as a conflictual clash.
Axes
- Faith
- Political and social
Associated concepts
- Freedom: 2
- Community: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to freedom and community within a view that makes difference part of the human sphere.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- Islam and the Human: He uses it to argue that the difference among human beings arises from a word that preceded from God by making them free in choices and opinions.
- Concept: Freedom
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{ وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا … } (يونس ١٩)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 170: He uses it to distinguish difference as a change in thought and behavior, not as a conflictual clash.
- Concept: Community
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا} (يونس ١٩).»
Related books
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