This axis brings together 2 instances of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as it appears

And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride them, and as adornment

Brief reading

The verse is cited to show that adornment can extend to include functional and added things, not the body alone.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Legislative
  • Adornment: 3

Its place in the conceptual network

It serves to expand the meaning of adornment in Qur’anic reading.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1
  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 498: Cited to affirm that adornment may also be in functional things, so that the meaning extends to what people consider pleasant to acquire.
    • Concept: Adornment
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: “And His saying: {And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride them, and as adornment}. (An-Nahl 8)”
  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 290: Cited within a classification of adornment into types to show that adornment may be added things, not the body alone.
    • Concept: Adornment
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: ”{ And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride them, and as adornment } (An-Nahl 8)“

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