This axis gathers one 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
{And test the orphans until, when they reach marriageable age…}
Brief reading
Shahrur regards it as a Qur’anic principle for preserving an orphan’s property and handing it over after sound judgment.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Orphans’ property: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes the protection of vulnerable wealth within the legislative system.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 460: He considers it the Qur’anic basis for the sixth commandment related to safeguarding the orphan’s property and delivering it after sound judgment.
- Concept: Orphans’ property
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «{And test the orphans until, when they reach marriageable age…} (An-Nisa 6). Therefore, the sixth commandment…”
Related books
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