This locus brings together 1 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 those who do not bear false witness…

Brief reading

Shahrur relies on the verse to distinguish between verbal falsehood and perjury in court, and he treats the latter as categorically forbidden.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Human and ethical
  • Perjury: 2
  • Judiciary: 1
  • Falsehood: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It is connected to the chapter distinguishing between the general meaning of falsehood and its judicial form.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • Islam and the Human: He uses it to distinguish falsehood in a general sense from perjury in court, and he treats the latter as absolutely forbidden.
    • Concept: Perjury
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: «{ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ … } (Al-Furqan 72)»

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