This axis gathers 1 instance of the 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
And fruit, from what they choose, and fowl meat, from what they desire
Brief reading
Shahrur makes the verse a witness that desire is tied to choice and consciousness in food, not merely to natural eating.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Conscious choice: 2
- Desire: 1
- Food: 1
- Choice: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves his distinction between conscious desire and natural behavior.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The State and Society, p. 179: He makes it a witness that desire is tied to choice and consciousness in food, not merely to uncaused natural eating.
- Concept: conscious choice
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «- {وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ (20) وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ} (al-Waqiعة 20, 21).»
Related books
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