This axis brings together 3 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
THERE IS NO BLAME UPON THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND DO RIGHTEOUS DEEDS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE CONSUMED …
Brief reading
The verse underpins a reading that distinguishes between two levels of piety, and links permissibility in food to the context of worldly life.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- food: 2
- piety: 2
- Islam and faith: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It connects the ruling regarding food with the distinction between the levels of piety and faith.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 127: He interprets it as meaning that the scope of permissibility in food is tied to the matters of worldly life that he explained before it.
- Concept: food
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “We can now connect the words of God in Surat al-Ma’idah: {Lَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوا … } (al-Ma’idah 93) with the words of God: {KNOW THAT THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD …}”
- The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought, pp. 11-12: He builds on it to divide piety and faith into two levels, the first for Islam and values, and the second for faith and rituals.
- Concept: piety
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “He says: {لَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ…} (al-Ma’idah 93), so the first piety and the first faith…”
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 79: He uses it to build his distinction between the piety of Islam and the piety of faith, and makes “if not” in it negating the concession in bequests, not in all rulings.
- Concept: Islam and faith
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “We had previously explained this verse … and in it there are two forms of faith: the first is faith of submission … and the second is faith of affirmation … As we have also clarified that bequests and adhering to the straight path are part of the pillars of Islam.”
Related books
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