This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

And those who declare their wives unlawful to them … then the freeing of a slave

Brief reading

It is cited as a locus that makes emancipation an expiation, thereby supporting the gradual path toward abolishing slavery.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Political and social
  • Freeing a slave: 2
  • Emancipation: 1
  • Abolishing slavery: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to a legislative trajectory that leads to reducing slavery.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Usage locations

  • State and Society, p. 259: Cited as one of the places where emancipation is made an expiation, supporting the gradual path toward abolishing slavery.
    • Concept: Freeing a slave
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «- {وَالَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ … فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ …} (Al-Mujādalah 3).»

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