This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

They said, “These are livestock and crops under restriction; none may eat them except whom we wish,” according to their claim …

Brief reading

He employs it to show that some prohibitions attributed to religion were man-made, not from God.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • False prohibition: 2
  • Human making of prohibition: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It is linked to criticism of extending prohibition beyond the text.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Critique of the heritage: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 390: He uses it to show that some prohibitions in the Jewish heritage were of their own making and claim, not from God.
    • Concept: False prohibition
    • Function of the verse here: Critique of the heritage
    • Textual citation: «– {وَقَالُوا هَذِهِ أَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ …} (al-An’am 138)»

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