This axis gathers 6 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
O you who believe, fulfill the contracts
Brief reading
Shahrur uses the verse to establish the fulfillment of contracts, and as an entry point for determining the meaning of Bahīmat al-An‘ām and permissibility.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Bahīmat al-An‘ām: 3
- contract: 3
- contracts: 2
- permissibility: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to contracts and to original permissibility before limited prohibition.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 3
- Foundation: 3
Summary of its presence in the atlas
- fulfillment of contracts
- the principle of permissibility in livestock
- its presence is clear in the meaning of contract
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 23: He uses it to establish that fulfillment of contracts is among the ethical ideals subsumed under Islam.
- Concept: contracts
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {O you who believe, fulfill the contracts…} (al-Mā’idah 1).»
- The Qur’anic Story, vol. 2, p. 49: He cites it among multiple examples in order to begin defining “Bahīmat al-An‘ām” after having finished defining al-an‘ām.
- Concept: Bahīmat al-An‘ām
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{… Permitted to you are Bahīmat al-An‘ām …} (al-Mā’idah 1)»
- The Qur’anic Story, vol. 2, p. 49: He makes it one of the key places from which he will define the meaning of “Bahīmat al-An‘ām” as a specific kind of domesticated animals.
- Concept: Bahīmat al-An‘ām
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «1 - {… Permitted to you are Bahīmat al-An‘ām except what is recited to you …} (al-Mā’idah 1).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 390: He employs it with verse 145 of al-An‘ām to show that the basic principle is permissibility, and that prohibition occurs only within narrowly defined limits.
- Concept: permissibility
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «– {…Permitted to you are Bahīmat al-An‘ām except what is recited to you …} (al-Mandah 1)»
- Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism, p. 294: He builds on it to define a contract as a voluntary, binding agreement between two or more parties.
- Concept: contract
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «According to His – تعالى – saying: {O you who believe, fulfill the contracts} (al-Mā’idah 1).»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 66: He uses it to ground an understanding of the contract as a mutual obligation between two parties that must be fulfilled.
- Concept: contract
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «And any contract is an obligation between two parties … according to His saying تعالى: { O you who believe, fulfill the contracts… } (al-Mā’idah 1).»
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- The Qur’anic Story, vol. 2
- The Book and the Qur’an
- Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
This page is presented within the general method of building the atlas.