This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Text of the Verse as Cited
Both gardens yielded their produce and did not diminish any of it
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur read the Qur’anic statement, “Both gardens yielded their produce and did not diminish any of it,” in constructing the meaning of injustice?
Shahrur employs the verse as evidence that “injustice” may mean unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right: the two gardens gave their fruits in full and did not diminish anything thereof. Accordingly, in his presentation, he does not confine the term to direct aggression alone, but makes it broader than that. This establishes one of the meanings of injustice in his view, not an exhaustive definition for every occurrence of the term in the Qur’an.
Shahrur explicitly states that injustice in the Qur’anic phrase “and did not diminish any of it” means unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right.
Evidence and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 93.
Limits of the Reading
- The evidence establishes the attribution of this meaning to Shahrur, but does not provide an independent, detailed linguistic or exegetical proof for establishing the meaning.
- This passage alone cannot be used to generalize the meaning of unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right to every occurrence of the word “injustice” in the Qur’an; in the same evidence, Shahrur presents other uses of the term.
- Describing the meaning as broader than “direct material aggression” is an interpretive formulation inferred from his contrast between unfair deprivation and aggression; it is not a phrase quoted verbatim from the text.
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Brief Reading
The verse supports broadening the meaning of injustice to include unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right, not material aggression alone.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Injustice: 2
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It supports a broader ethical and social understanding of injustice.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 1
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 93: He uses it to broaden the meaning of injustice to unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right, rather than merely direct material aggression.
- Concept: injustice
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “And injustice: unfair deprivation and the diminishment of due right, as in His—Exalted is He—statement: {Both gardens yielded their produce…}”
Related Books
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