This axis brings together 1 place 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

O you who believe, eat from the wholesome things of what We have provided you …

Brief reading

The verse supports the idea that ultimate legislation revolves around wholesome things more than around the expansion of the circle of prohibition.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Human and ethical
  • Wholesome things: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It enters into the network of permissibility and ethical choice.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 391: He includes it with the verses of permissibility to establish that ultimate legislation revolves around wholesome things, not around expanded prohibitions.
    • Concept: wholesome things
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual citation: «– {O you who believe, eat from the wholesome things of what We have provided you..} (al-Baqarah 172)»

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