This locus gathers 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.
Verse text as cited
{NEVER SHALL GOD BE REACHED BY THEIR MEAT OR THEIR BLOOD, BUT IT IS Piety FROM YOU THAT REACHES HIM. THUS HAS HE SUBJECTED THEM TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY MAGNIFY GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS GUIDED YOU TO; AND GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE DOERS OF GOOD}
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to affirm that the criterion for the offering is piety, not meat and blood, thus reducing sacrificial offerings to an ethical dimension.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Piety: 2
Its place in the concept network
It links worship to moral meaning, not to material substance alone.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage instances
- The Qur’anic Story, vol. 1, p. 262: uses the verse to affirm that the criterion for the offering is piety, not meat and blood, and thus places sacrificial offerings within an ethical, not a materially ritualistic, dimension.
- Concept: piety
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “And the Wise Revelation emphasizes this point, where He says: {NEVER SHALL GOD BE REACHED BY THEIR MEAT OR THEIR BLOOD…} (Hajj: 37)“
Related books
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