This axis brings together 4 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 give full measure when you measure, and weigh with the straight balance
Brief reading
The verse is read as a foundational text for justice and for regulating transactions and weighing, with a link to sound practical outcome.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Justice: 3
- Good interpretation: 2
- Measuring and scales: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the specifications of justice in dealings and measurement.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Context: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 23: He uses it as an ethical formulation for discipline in transactions and measurement.
- Concept: justice
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «- {وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ…} (الإسراء ٣٥).»
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 48: He places it within a series of rulings whose conclusion he reads as divinely inspired wisdom.
- Concept: justice
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: «Then He commands full measure and weight with qist, that is, with justice (al-Isrāʾ 35)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 172: He understands it to mean that giving full measure and weight leads to the best practical outcome.
- Concept: good interpretation
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ … ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا}»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 463: He considers it the comprehensive Qur’anic text for the seventh injunction, concerning specifications and precision in transactions.
- Concept: measuring and scales
- Function of the verse here: foundation
- Textual evidence: «{وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ…}»
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
- The Book and the Qur’an
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