This axis gathers one place 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
Send them out of your town
Brief reading
He uses it as an example of a monolithic society’s rejection of those who differ from it in conduct or belief.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Town: 2
- Society: 1
- Rejection: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into a description of a social structure that has little tolerance for difference.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Toward a New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 129: He uses it as an example of a monolithic society’s rejection of those who differ from it in conduct or belief.
- Concept: town
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «{ وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْ … } (الأعراف ٨٢)»
Related books
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