This locus gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as quoted
… and the men who guard their private parts, and the women who guard…
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s work, the verse appears to expand the meaning of chastity and God-consciousness into a comprehensive moral discourse that is not limited to a single social status.
Loci
- Human and ethical
- Faith-based
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Chastity: 2
- Individual God-consciousness: 2
- Equality: 2
- Guarding: 1
- Men and women: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to equality in moral discourse and to understanding qualities as distributed across individuals.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 220: He cites it to expand the meaning of guarding to general ethical conduct among men and women, not to marriage alone.
- Concept: Chastity
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {… and the men who guard their private parts, and the women who guard…} (Al-Ahzab 35).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 465: He understands it as an enabling verse, not an impossible demand, because the qualities in it are distributed among different individuals rather than belonging to one person.
- Concept: Individual God-consciousness
- Function of the verse here: Critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «If we look at this verse… we can hardly find among the inhabitants of the earth anyone to whom all these qualities apply»
- The corresponding traditional reading: understanding it as qualities of a single person or of a fully qualified group
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 132: He uses it as evidence for the equality of the faith-based and moral address between men and women.
- Concept: Equality
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{Indeed, the Muslim men and the Muslim women … God has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward} (Al-Ahzab 35),»
Related books
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