This axis gathers 1 usage of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
THEY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT FOUR WITNESSES AGAINST IT; SO WHEN THEY DID NOT BRING THE WITNESSES, THOSE ARE, IN THE SIGHT OF God, THE LIARS
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse comes to confirm that testimony in adultery must be direct, eyewitness testimony with a specified number of witnesses.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Eyewitness testimony: 2
- Adultery: 1
- Four witnesses: 1
- Direct presence: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to defining the conditions of proof in public indecency.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage instances
- Islam and the Human: he makes it evidence that testimony in adultery cases must be direct presence, with the number of witnesses specified as four.
- Concept: eyewitness testimony
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «And in His words تعالى: { لَوْلَا جَاءُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ … } (al-Nur 13), concerning the matter of testimony regarding adultery»
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