This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
AND YOU COMMIT THE REPREHENSIBLE IN YOUR ASSEMBLIES
Brief reading
The verse is used as an example of how the reprehensible is broader than the prohibited, and how some issues are socially disapproved without a direct textual statement.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- The reprehensible: 2
- The prohibited: 1
- Assembly: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It clarifies the difference between the social ruling and the prohibitive ruling.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 162: He uses it as an example that the reprehensible is broader than the prohibited, and that some issues are described socially as reprehensible even if they are not explicitly prohibited in the text.
- Concept: the reprehensible
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «And consider his statement – Exalted is He – regarding public, collective homosexuality (the people of Lot), when He called it reprehensible: { وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمْ الْمُنْكَرَ }»
Related books
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