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 quoted
O you who believe, do not forbid the good things that God has made lawful for you …
Brief reading
It is used to criticize human excess in forbidding things, and to affirm that good things are not prohibited without textual warrant.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Critique of prohibition: 2
- Good things: 1
- Human excess in prohibition: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It supports rejecting the expansion of prohibition beyond the text.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of heritage: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 391: cited as evidence for rejecting human excess in prohibition, and that the default is not to prohibit good things without textual warrant.
- Concept: Critique of prohibition
- Function of the verse here: Critique of heritage
- Textual evidence: «– {O you who believe, do not forbid the good things that God has made lawful for you..} (al-Manda 87)»
Related books
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