This axis gathers 1 locus of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOR ONE WHO IS GOD-FEARING, AND ENTER HOUSES THROUGH THEIR DOORS, AND FEAR GOD THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED
Brief reading
The verse is used to support the idea that entering houses is regulated by permission from their inhabitants, and that it organizes concrete social behavior.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Seeking permission for houses: 2
- Entry by permission: 1
- Social behavior: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters the network of manners of living and the relationship between privacy and social organization.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 42: It is cited as evidence that the original principle in entering houses is permission from their inhabitants, and that the verse regulates real social behavior rather than merely a general moral meaning.
- Concept: Seeking permission for houses
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- Entering houses… (al-Baqarah 189) … the prohibition on entering houses is set out in detail in these verses»
Related books
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