This locus gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE AS USURY, SO THAT IT MAY GROW WITHIN PEOPLE’S WEALTH, IT DOES NOT GROW WITH ALLAH…
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to distinguish regulated interest from prohibited usury, while highlighting the meaning of sincerity in spending and charity.
Loci
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Interest: 2
- Sincerity: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters a network that separates the financial ruling from the integrity of ethical intention.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Context: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Man: He uses it to distinguish between prohibited usury and bank interest regulated by law, provided it remains reasonable and is not compounded.
- Concept: interest
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{ وَمَا أَتَيْتُمْ مِنْ رِبَا لِيَرْبُوَ فِي أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُو عِنْدَ اللَّهِ … } (الروم ٣٩)»
- The corresponding traditional reading: treating every bank interest as usury
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 96: He uses it as an implicit reference to indicate that charity and spending must be sincere for the sake of God.
- Concept: sincerity
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: «و«لوجه الله» تارة أخرى (انظر الروم ٣٩ والإنسان ٩)»
Related books
- Islam and Man
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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