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.

Verse text as cited

THOSE ARE THE LIMITS OF GOD. Whoever obeys God and His messenger, He will admit him to gardens… and whoever disobeys God and His messenger and transgresses His limits, He will admit him to a fire…

Brief reading

He makes the two verses the conclusion of the legislation of inheritance limits and evidence that inheritance falls within a determinate divine system.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Methodological
  • Limits: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

They support the construction of the boundary framework in Qur’anic legislation.

The role of the verse in the argument

  • Foundational: 1

Instances of use

  • Toward a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 223: He makes the two verses the conclusion of the legislation of inheritance limits and uses them to indicate that the rulings of inheritance fall within a system of divine limits.
    • Concept: limits
    • Function of the verse here: Foundational
    • Textual evidence: «Then he proceeds—Exalted be He—in explaining examples of inheritance cases in verses 11 and 12, and concludes in verses 13 and 14 with: { THOSE ARE THE LIMITS OF GOD … }»

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