This axis gathers 1 occurrence of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
There is no good in much of their private counsel, except for one who enjoins charity, what is recognized as right, or reconciliation between people
Reader’s answer
Question
Where does the verse occur in the evidence, and what does the evidence establish about its distinction and function in Shahrur’s argument?
The verse occurs in the evidence as Women (114), within a list of verses on p. 164 of Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism. The evidence alone does not establish an interpretation of the meaning of “what is recognized as right,” nor an argumentative function for the verse beyond its inclusion in that list.
Shahrur cites Women (114) in a list of verses on page 164 of Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism.
Evidence and location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 164.
Limits of the reading
- The evidence is a table listing verses and contains no exegetical explanation of the expression “what is recognized as right.”
- The evidence does not establish that Shahrur expands the meaning of what is recognized as right to include charity and reconciliation, because the verse itself mentions these elements and the table provides no comment establishing an interpretive relationship among them.
- The evidence does not establish a link between the verse and social action, nor does it clarify its function in the book’s argument.
- No terminological distinction between charity, what is recognized as right, and reconciliation can be inferred merely from their co-occurrence in the text of the verse.
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Brief reading
He uses it to expand what is recognized as right to include charity and reconciliation between people, linking it to social action.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Reconciliation: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It links individual ethics with the function of reconciliation in society.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Occurrences of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 164: He uses it to expand the scope of what is recognized as right to include charity and reconciliation between people, linking it to social action.
- Concept: Reconciliation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “Women (114) | {There is no good in much of their private counsel, except for one who enjoins charity, what is recognized as right, or reconciliation between people}”
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