This axis gathers 1 instance 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
THERE IS NO BLAME UPON THEM … AND THEIR WOMEN AND WHAT THEIR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS
Brief reading
Shahrur presents the traditional understanding of the verse to show the narrowness of the reading that confines the meaning to male and female slaves.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Slavery: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the critique of the tradition through narrowing the signification to a single meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the tradition: 1
Uses
- State and Society, p. 268: He cites al-Tabari’s understanding, which makes them male and female slaves, to show the narrowness of the traditional reading of the term.
- Concept: slavery
- Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
- Textual evidence: «“AND WHAT THEIR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS” MEANS THEIR SLAVES, MALE AND FEMALE»
- The corresponding traditional reading: slaves, male and female
Related books
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