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 if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance. }
Reader’s Answer
Question
Where does Shahrur place the verse in the course of reconciliation and separation, and what does the excerpt establish regarding his distinction between discord and separation?
Shahrur invokes the verse in the context of the possibility that reconciliation may prove impossible; if reconciliation is not achieved, he presents separation as the resulting outcome. As for the meaning of the distinction between “discord” and “separation,” the attached excerpt does not explain it, although it announces that it will pause over it in its discussion of qiwamah.
Shahrur understands the particle “in” in the context preceding the verse as indicating the possibility that reconciliation may not be achieved, and takes Qur’an 4:130 as evidence that separation occurs when it is not achieved.
Excerpt and Location
Toward New Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence — p. 250.
Limits of the Reading
- The excerpt does not define or explain the components of the distinction between discord and separation; it merely announces that it will address it later.
- The excerpt does not establish that the verse includes a guarantee of rights for each party; therefore, this should not be included in the answer.
- This passage alone does not establish procedural stages for separation or a detailed ruling beyond linking it to the impossibility of reconciliation.
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Brief Reading
He makes it a basis for final separation after reconciliation proves impossible, while preserving the rights of each party.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Separation: 2
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It falls within the management of separation as a regulated solution after avenues of reform have been exhausted.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Foundational: 1
Instances of Use
- Toward New Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 250: He makes the verse a basis for final separation after reconciliation proves impossible, with the rights of each party guaranteed.
- Concept: Separation
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual excerpt: “If reconciliation does not occur and is not achieved, then separation inevitably takes place. This is precisely what we understand from His—exalted be He—saying: { And if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance. }”
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