This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
God does not like the public utterance of evil speech, except when one has been wronged
Brief reading
He employs it to define injustice as the limit that shifts the relation from reconciliation to confrontation.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Injustice: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is tied to regulating the boundaries of social behavior and preventing a slide into hostility.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 279: He employs it to define injustice as the boundary that shifts debate from reconciliation to confrontation.
- Concept: Injustice
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «As for what concerns justice and injustice … so he said, {God does not like the public utterance of evil speech, except when one has been wronged} (An-Nisa 148).»
Related books
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