This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, together with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHAT YOU TILL? IS IT YOU WHO SOW IT, OR ARE WE THE SOWERS?
Brief reading
Shahrur cites the verse to interpret tilth as what the human being reaps in terms of increase and gain in agricultural production, not merely the act of farming.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Tilth: 2
- Increase: 1
- Gain: 1
- Agricultural production: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to expanding the meaning of tilth to its productive effect.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 181: cited to interpret tilth as what the human being reaps in terms of increase and gain in agricultural production, not merely the act of farming itself.
- Concept: tilth
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «The term tilth has come to mean gathering and gain, especially in relation to agricultural produce … hence He, تعالى, said: {HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHAT YOU TILL (63) IS IT YOU WHO SOW IT, OR ARE WE THE SOWERS?}»
Related books
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