This hub brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as quoted
DIVORCE IS TWICE; THEN EITHER RETENTION IN KINDNESS OR RELEASE WITH GRACE
Brief reading
It is relied upon to connect the marital covenant with the rulings of dissolution, retention, and kindness, not merely with a formal marriage contract.
Hubs
- legislative
- human and ethical
Related concepts
- divorce: 2
- injustice: 2
- marital covenant: 1
- dissolution: 1
- retention: 1
- kindness: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It falls within the network of understanding the marital relationship as a covenant and a responsibility.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 2
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 226: It is relied upon to connect the marital covenant with the rulings of dissolution, retention, and kindness, not merely with a formal marriage contract.
- concept: divorce
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «as it also includes… and retention in kindness or release with grace; { DIVORCE IS TWICE; THEN EITHER RETENTION IN KINDNESS OR RELEASE WITH GRACE } (al-Baqara 229)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 93: It is cited to show that injustice includes persistently transgressing God’s limits, which is among the grounds for confronting the unjust.
- concept: injustice
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «And injustice is aggression against God’s limits, as indicated by His – تعالى – saying: {And whoever تجاوزs the limits of God…}»
Related books
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