This axis gathers 2 places 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
A Sura We have sent down and made binding, and We have sent down therein clear signs so that you may take heed.
Brief reading
The verse is considered a key to reading Surat al-Nur as a structure of obligations and social organization.
Axes
- Legislative
- Methodological
Related concepts
- obligation: 2
- binding prescription: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes the meaning of binding prescription as a carefully specified determination.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 2
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 51: treats it as a key to reading Surat al-Nur as a set of obligations whose aim is to lift hardship and organize social life.
- Concept: obligation
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “The sura begins with His saying, exalted is He: {A Sura We have sent down and made binding…} (al-Nur 1).”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 30: makes the verse his central proof that a binding prescription means a prior specification of number and manner, not merely abstract obligation.
- Concept: binding prescription
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “{A Sura We have sent down and made binding …} (al-Nur 1), for binding prescription is specification”
Related books
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