This thematic axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the works of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Text of the Verse as Cited
Say, “Who has forbidden God’s adornment, which He has brought forth for His servants…”
Reader’s Answer
The Question
Where does Shahrur place Qur’an 7:32, what distinction does he draw from it, and what function does it serve in his argument?
Shahrur cites the verse in the context of classifying “adornment,” treating it as evidence for the conjunction of spatial and object-related adornment. For him, the verse serves to broaden the field of inquiry into adornment to include place and object, within his construction of the distinction connected with the verses on adornment.
Shahrur places the words of God in Qur’an 7:32 under the section “spatial and object-related adornment together.”
Citation and Location
Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence — p. 290.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation does not establish that Shahrur adduces this verse to argue that adornment is basically permissible.
- The citation does not establish that adornment is not confined to a single sphere as an independent general rule; what it establishes is the classification of this passage as combining the spatial and the object-related.
- The citation does not state a relation of synonymy, or denial of synonymy, between the terms for adornment and others.
- Care should be taken not to transfer the citation’s later applications to other verses onto the meaning of Qur’an 7:32 itself without distinction.
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Brief Reading
It is adduced to show that adornment is basically permissible and is not confined to a single form or sphere.
Themes
- Legislative
- Human and Ethical
Related Concepts
- Adornment: 2
- Permissibility: 1
- Beautification: 1
Its Place in the Network of Concepts
It opens the concept of adornment to a meaning broader than common traditions.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Example: 1
Instances of Use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 290: He adduces it to show that adornment is basically permissible and extends to place and object, rather than being confined to traditional female beautification.
- Concept: Adornment
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: “{ Say, ‘Who has forbidden God’s adornment, which He has brought forth for His servants?’ } (Al-A’raf 32)”
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