This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

GOOD IN MUCH OF THEIR PRIVATE COUNSEL, EXCEPT FOR ONE WHO ENJOINS CHARITY, OR WHAT IS RIGHT, OR RECONCILIATION BETWEEN PEOPLE

Brief reading

He uses it to expand what is right and good to include charity and reconciliation among people, and to connect it with social action.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical
  • 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

Instances of use

  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 164: He uses it to expand the scope of what is right and good to include charity and reconciliation among people, and to connect it with social action.
    • Concept: reconciliation
    • The verse’s function here: support
    • Textual evidence: «An-Nisa (114) | {GOOD IN MUCH OF THEIR PRIVATE COUNSEL, EXCEPT FOR ONE WHO ENJOINS CHARITY, OR WHAT IS RIGHT, OR RECONCILIATION BETWEEN PEOPLE}»

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