This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ …
Brief reading
The verse supports the principle of lifting hardship from human beings in religion and not intending distress or humiliation.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Lifting hardship: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It falls within the concepts that make religious discourse attentive to the breadth of human capacity.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 32: He uses it to establish that religion does not intend humiliation or hardship, but rather takes account of human comfort and capacity.
- Concept: lifting hardship
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ …} (الحج ٧٨)»
Related books
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