This axis collects 3 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 as quoted
SAY: COME, I WILL RECITE WHAT YOUR LORD HAS FORBIDDEN FOR YOU…
Brief reading
The two verses establish a list of prohibitions and ethical injunctions upon which the standards of righteous action are built in the Shahrurian reading.
Axes
- legislative
- human and ethical
- methodological
Related concepts
- prohibitions: 2
- injunction: 2
- prohibitions: 1
- righteous action: 1
- list of prohibitions: 1
Its place in the concept network
They are connected to setting an earlier foundation for formulating prohibitions in the Muhammadan message.
The role of the verse in the argument
- foundation: 2
- support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Human Being: he makes it a reference list for the ten/fourteen prohibitions on which he builds righteous action.
- concept: prohibitions
- function of the verse here: foundation
- textual citation: «{ SAY: COME, I WILL RECITE WHAT YOUR LORD HAS FORBIDDEN FOR YOU … } (al-An‘ām 151-152)»
- Islam and Faith, p. 18: he relies on it to establish the list of prohibitions as part of righteous action and as a foundation of Islam.
- concept: prohibitions
- function of the verse here: foundation
- textual citation: «{ SAY: COME, I WILL RECITE WHAT YOUR LORD HAS FORBIDDEN FOR YOU … } (al-An‘ām 151-152).»
- Toward a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 153: he cites it to show that the ethical commands at this stage were formulated as injunctions before being cast as prohibitions in the Muhammadan message.
- concept: injunction
- function of the verse here: support
- textual citation: «{ THAT HE HAS ENJOINED UPON YOU THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND } (al-An‘ām 151, 152)»
Related books
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