This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that emerge around it.
The verse as cited
So he misled them with deception. Then when they tasted the tree, their nakedness became apparent to them, and they began to cover themselves with leaves from Paradise. And their Lord called to them: Did I not forbid you from that tree, and say to you that Satan is a manifest enemy to you both?
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s work, the verse appears in the context of the story of Adam to indicate the moment of the exposure of nakedness and the beginning of the attempt at covering.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Human and ethical
Associated concepts
- Clothing: 2
- Covering: 1
- Nakedness: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the trajectory of clothing as an extension of the idea of concealing nakedness.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Context: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 272: He invokes it together with Ta-Ha 121 to emphasize the moment of the exposure of nakedness and the beginning of the attempt at covering in the story of Adam.
- Concept: clothing
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual citation: “Adam and his wife began to cover themselves with leaves from Paradise after their nakedness became apparent to them (Ta-Ha 121, Al-A’raf 22)”
Related books
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