An-Nisāʾ 21

This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Text of the verse as cited

AND THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM YOU A FIRM COVENANT

Brief reading

Shahrur makes it the basis for understanding marriage as a firm covenant that goes beyond a mere contract to a human and ethical commitment.

Axes

• Legislative
• Human and ethical

Related concepts

• The firm covenant: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to establishing the meaning of marriage within the network of commitment.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Establishment: 1

Uses

• Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 226: makes it the basis for describing marriage as a firm covenant that goes beyond the legal contract to human and ethical commitment.
  • Concept: the firm covenant
  • Function of the verse here: establishment
  • Textual evidence: “And God – Most High – expressed married life in the loftiest of terms: … { وَأَخَذْنْ مِنْكُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا } (An-Nisāʾ 20, 21)”

Related books

• Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence

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