This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with links to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
And Allah has favored some of you over others in provision, so those who have been favored are not willing to hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess, so that they would be equal therein. Then is it the favor of Allah that they deny?
Brief reading
He makes it the basis for reading “those whom your right hands possess” as a contractual labor relationship, not a slave relationship.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Labor contracts: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to reconstructing the social concept of a professional relationship rather than a class relationship.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundation: 1
Places of use
- The State and Society, p. 268: He makes the verse evidence that “those whom your right hands possess” means a contractual labor relationship, not slavery, because the differentiation here is professional rather than class-based.
- Concept: Labor contracts
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: “This is what led us to read in An-Nahl (71) … that the intended meaning of ‘those whom your right hands possess’ is those meant by ‘labor contracts’”
Related books
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