This axis brings together 3 places 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
That We repaid them for their wrongdoing, and surely We are truthful.
Brief reading
The verse is used to show that the prohibition of some good things for the Children of Israel was a temporary historical recompense, not an eternal ruling.
Axes
- Legislative
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- prohibition: 2
- easing of legislation: 2
- Jewish legislation: 2
- wrongdoing: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the gradation of legislation and to the idea of easing in later messages.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 142: He cites it to say that the prohibition for the Children of Israel was a contingent historical recompense tied to wrongdoing, not an eternal ruling.
- Concept: prohibition
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «{.. That We repaid them for their wrongdoing, and surely We are truthful} (al-An‘am 146)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 384: He cites it to show that Christ came to ease some rulings of the law of Moses and to permit some of what had been forbidden to the Jews.
- Concept: easing of legislation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «by the mention of the People of the Book and what was revealed to them … and we give an example with the following verses: … which is what verse 146 of Surat al-An‘am sets out»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 390: He cites it to indicate that Jewish legislation was more restrictive in food, then easing came in the subsequent message.
- Concept: Jewish legislation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «– {And to those who were Jews We forbade every [animal] with claws …} (al-An‘am 146)»
Related books
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