This locus gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
… AND GOD HAS PERMITTED SALE AND FORBIDDEN USURY…
Brief reading
The verse establishes the distinction between sale and usury, placing usury in the category of prohibitions that affect public morality.
Loci
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Usury: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the vocabulary of moral economy and the distinction between what is fundamental and what is prohibited.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 83: He uses it to establish sale as the basis of economic activity and to highlight the distinction between it and usury.
- Concept: Usury
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «- {… AND GOD HAS PERMITTED SALE AND FORBIDDEN USURY…} (al-Baqarah 275).»
- Toward a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 153: He includes the prohibition of usury among the categorical prohibitions on which he bases the construction of public morality.
- Concept: Usury
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «As for the eleventh, it is the prohibition of usury in His, the Exalted’s, words: { AND GOD HAS PERMITTED SALE AND FORBIDDEN USURY }»
Related books
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