This locus gathers 3 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you …
Brief reading
The verse makes fasting one of the prescribed rites, tied to capacity and discipline rather than to mere innate disposition.
Axes
- Legislative
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Fasting: 3
- Rites: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the organization of obligations and the distinction between rites and general values.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundation: 2
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Humanity: places it among the rites imposed on believers, not among innate human values.
- Concept: fasting
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «- Ramadan fasting: { O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you … } (al-Baqarah 183)»
- Islam and Faith, p. 44: counts fasting among the category of “has been prescribed for you” because it overcomes bodily nature, and therefore links it to capacity and discipline rather than to ritual devotion alone.
- Concept: fasting
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «{O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you…} (al-Baqarah 183).»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 101: mentions it among the obligations to show that fasting is a prescribed rite within the sphere of capacity, not within the sphere of open concession.
- Concept: rites
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «2- Fasting: { O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you … } (al-Baqarah 183).»
Related books
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