This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Today the good things have been made lawful for you …
Brief reading
At Shahrur’s, the verse comes to support the idea that legislation concerning food moved from a specific restriction to a general permissiveness in good things.
Axes
- Legislative
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Good things: 2
- Legislative transition: 1
- General permissiveness: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the concept of the good things and to a broader legislative understanding, without restrictive limitation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 391: cited to indicate a shift in legislation from a specific narrowing to a general permissiveness in the domain of food.
- Concept: Good things
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «– {Today the good things have been made lawful for you..} (al-Mā’idah 5)»
Related books
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