This axis brings together 1 place of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
THE FORNICATING WOMAN AND THE FORNICATING MAN, FLOG EACH ONE OF THEM WITH A HUNDRED LASHES … AND THAT IS FORBIDDEN TO THE BELIEVERS
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse establishes fornication as a public obscenity proven by four witnesses, and the ḥadd is understood here as a tool for regulating social publicity.
Axes
- Legislative
- Political and social
Related concepts
- fornication: 2
- public obscenity: 1
- four-witness testimony: 1
- ḥadd: 1
- regulating social publicity: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to defining the nature of fornication and its social limits.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Uses
- Islam and Faith, p. 51: He builds on it to define fornication as a public obscenity proven by four witnesses, then makes the ḥadd directed toward regulating social publicity.
- Concept: fornication
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: «The sura begins with the punishment for fornication in His saying تعالى: {الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا…} (al-Nūr 2-3).»
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