This axis gathers 2 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 cited
“Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly…”
Brief reading
Shahrur understands it as a prohibition against using money to reach rulers and consuming people’s wealth unjustly and sinfully.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Wealth through falsehood: 2
- Financial corruption: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to criticism of financial corruption and its relation to the relationship between power and money.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human Being: He uses it to establish that bribery and corrupt gifts are consuming people’s wealth unjustly.
- Concept: Wealth through falsehood
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ … } (البقرة ١٨٨)»
- Islam and the Human Being: He understands it as a prohibition against using money to reach rulers in order to consume people’s wealth sinfully, not as a prohibition of bribery itself or commission.
- Concept: Financial corruption
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكْمِ… } (البقرة ١٨٨)»
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