This axis brings together 1 location 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
RETALIATION HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU IN CASES OF KILLING… AND IN RETALIATION THERE IS LIFE FOR YOU
Brief reading
The verse makes retaliation the basis for distinguishing intentional killing from accidental killing, and for distinguishing the upper limit from legislative alternatives.
Axes
- Legislative
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Retribution: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of the legislative conception of ijtihad and punishment.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Use locations
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, p. 32: He makes it the basis for his distinction between intentional killing and accidental killing, and between execution as the upper limit and legislative alternatives left to ijtihad.
- Concept: retaliation
- Function of the verse here: establishment
- Textual evidence: «- O you who believe, retaliation has been prescribed for you… (al-Baqarah 178), - {AND IN RETALIATION THERE IS LIFE FOR YOU…} (al-Baqarah 179)»
Related books
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