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
  • 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)»

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