This axis brings together 2 instances 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 quoted
AND WE RESTORED HIS WIFE FOR HIM
Brief reading
According to Shahrur, the verse indicates that “restoration” here means removing infertility and restoring the function, and it is also linked to the waiting period and uterine clearance.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Restoration: 2
- Procreation: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It brings together the narrative meaning in the context of the prophets and the legislative implication relating to procreation.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Example: 1
- Support: 1
Uses
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 122: He uses it to indicate that “restoration” here means removing infertility and restoring the function, not moral reform.
- Concept: Restoration
- The verse’s role here: Example
- Textual evidence: “And when Zachariah’s wife was barren, he said {.. وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ} (Al-Anbiya 90), was his wife immoral and then became pious?”
- Toward New Principles for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 255-256: He cites it to argue that the cessation of menstruation does not prevent pregnancy, and that the waiting period is linked to uterine clearance, not menstruation alone.
- Concept: Procreation
- The verse’s role here: Support
- Textual evidence: “Then God healed her, and she became able to procreate; { فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَى وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ }”
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