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
  • 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…”

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