This axis brings together 1 locus of use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
O you who believe, do not violate the rites of God …
Reader’s answer
Question
Where does the verse occur, what does Shahrur’s citation of it establish concerning the rites, and does it explain a terminological distinction in his thought?
The verse occurs in Al-Ma’idah 2, and Shahrur cites it within a group of verses addressing the “rites of God.” The citation serves to show that this concept occurs in the Revelation, while the verse itself indicates a prohibition against violating the rites. The passage does not explain a terminological distinction specific to Shahrur regarding the meaning of “the rites.”
Shahrur cites Al-Ma’idah 2 in a list of verses in which the concept of the “rites of God” occurs, alongside Al-Baqarah 158 and Al-Hajj 32.
Source and location
The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna — p. 91.
Limits of the reading
- The passage does not define “the rites” in a manner specific to Shahrur.
- The passage does not establish synonymy or a distinction between “the rites” and any other term.
- The veneration of the rites is explicitly stated in the other verse cited by the passage (Al-Hajj 32); this wording should therefore not be attributed specifically to Al-Ma’idah 2.
- This locus alone does not reveal a terminological distinction between the messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna, or between other terms.
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Brief reading
The verse establishes the presence of the rites in the Revelation and that they are to be venerated and not violated.
Axes
- Methodological
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Rites: 2
- Veneration: 1
- Violation: 1
Place in the conceptual network
It links the rites to preserving their sanctity in religious conduct.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Loci of use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 91: He cites it to establish the presence of the concept of rites in the Revelation and that they are to be venerated and not violated.
- Concept: rites
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “{O you who believe, do not violate the rites of God…} Al-Ma’idah 2.”
Related books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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