This axis gathers 1 place of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Verse as Cited
And those among you who die and leave behind wives, they shall wait …
Brief Reading
It is used to respond to the claim of abrogation between the two verses on the waiting period, making each one linked to its own context rather than to the cancellation of the other.
Axes
- methodological
- legislative
Related Concepts
- waiting period: 2
- abrogation: 1
- specific context: 1
Its Place in the Concept Network
It serves a methodological construction that rejects the annulment of meanings and affirms the difference of contexts.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- critique of the heritage: 1
Instances of Use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 385: It responds to the claim of abrogation between the two verses on the waiting period and makes each one linked to its own context rather than to the cancellation of the other.
- Concept: waiting period
- Function of the verse here: critique of the heritage
- Textual evidence: “Those who asserted abrogation held that verse 234 of Surat al-Baqara … abrogated verse 240 … and once again we see that the claim of abrogation here is wrong”
- Corresponding traditional reading: those who assert abrogation
Related Books
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