This locus gathers 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
{And remember what is recited in your houses of the signs of God and wisdom. Indeed, God has always been Subtle, All-Aware}
Brief reading
The verse establishes an understanding of wisdom as recited revelation, while also being used to determine the meaning of the houses as the marital home.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Recited wisdom: 2
- The house: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to a network that brings together revelation and the social significance of the word house.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Places of use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 104: He makes it a point of entry for defining wisdom as a revealed and recited revelation, not merely human understanding.
- Concept: recited wisdom
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{And remember what is recited in your houses of the signs of God and wisdom…} Al-Ahzab 34.»
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 255: He cites it to confirm that the word houses means the woman’s private marital home, not any alternate dwelling chosen by the man.
- Concept: the house
- Function of the verse here: Supporting
- Textual evidence: «And He – تعالى – said in clear terms: {your houses}… And this is also what appears in His address to the wives of the Prophet»
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
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