This locus 1 gathers one place 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 cited
And We provided them with fruit and meat, from what they desire
Brief reading
The verse is used as an example of distinguishing food as an instinctive need from meat, after preparation, as one of the desires.
Loci
- Human and ethical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Food desires: 2
- Food: 1
- Instinct: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves the semantic distinction between the origin of nourishment and the rank of desire.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 179: He uses it to show that meat, after preparation and cooking, becomes one of the desires, unlike food in its original sense as an instinct for survival.
- Concept: food desires
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: «- {وَأَمْدَذْنَاهُم بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمِ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ} (الطور 22)»
Related books
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