This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
You will never be able to be just between women, even if you are keen, so do not incline wholly, leaving her as if suspended
Brief reading
He reads it as completing the verse on marital discord, in order to show the effect of polygamy on estrangement and the necessity of justice.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Polygamy: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to regulating marital relations within the bounds of justice and without inclination.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Towards a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 249-250: He makes it the completion of the verse on marital discord to show that estrangement may arise because of polygamy, and that what is required is not to incline completely and to maintain justice.
- Concept: Polygamy
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «But what if the estrangement is due to polygamy? Here comes His – تعالى – statement in the immediately following verse»
Related books
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