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.
Verse text as cited
INDEED, THOSE WHO TRADE AWAY THE COVENANT OF GOD AND THEIR OATHS FOR A SMALL PRICE …
Brief reading
Here the verse comes to affirm the sanctity of breaking a covenant, and Shahrur reads it in the context of the spouses’ commitment to what was concluded between them in the presence of witnesses.
Loci
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Fulfilling the covenant: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the concept of fulfilling the covenant as an ethical basis that regulates the contracted relationship.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 114: he makes it a warning to the spouses against breaking the marriage covenant after they have sworn it before witnesses.
- Concept: fulfilling the covenant
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «The punishment of one who breaks God’s covenants and oaths: {INDEED, THOSE WHO TRADE AWAY THE COVENANT OF GOD AND THEIR OATHS FOR A SMALL PRICE … } (Aal Imran 77).»
Related books
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