This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
And provide for them: the affluent according to his means, and the constrained according to his means.
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Shahrur employ Qur’an 2:236 in his discussion of spending, and what does it establish about differences in capacity?
Shahrur draws on the verse to link spending, as an obligation, to a person’s capacity and ability; he presents it as part of his grounding for the idea that spending has limits that should not be exceeded.
Shahrur regards spending as an obligation within the sphere of what is permissible, and links it to a person’s capacity and ability on the basis of Qur’an 2:236. He employs this link to capacity within a broader argument holding that spending has an upper limit and a lower limit, referring in explanation of this to Qur’an 25:67 and 17:29.
Citation and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 156.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation does not offer an independent linguistic interpretation of the verse’s terms, nor does it explain in detail the significance of “the affluent” and “the constrained.”
- The citation does not establish the general formulation that “the limits of obligation differ”; what it does establish is the linking of spending to a person’s capacity and ability.
- The mention of the upper and lower limits in the citation is part of Shahrur’s argumentative construction, but it does not identify those two limits from Qur’an 2:236 itself.
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Brief Reading
He employs it to link spending to the capacity of the person obligated, such that the limits of obligation vary according to circumstances.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and Ethical
Related Concepts
- Capacity: 2
- Spending: 1
- Obligation: 1
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It is connected to the network of financial capacity and the limits of responsibility.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Support: 1
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 156: He employs it to link spending to the capacity of the person obligated; the limits of obligation differ according to whether one is affluent or constrained.
- Concept: Capacity
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “It is connected to a person’s capacity and ability, in accordance with His—exalted is He—saying: {And provide for them: the affluent according to his means, and the constrained according to his means.}”
Related Books
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