This axis brings together 1 locus of use for this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
AND BETWEEN THEM AND WHAT THEY DESIRE WILL BE PLACED A BARRIER, AS WAS DONE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS BEFORE THEM
Brief reading
Shahrur cites the verse to emphasize that what a person desires is something that is sought and may be denied to them; that is, it belongs to the sphere of consciousness and desire, not to automatic instinct.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Deprivation from desire: 2
- Desire: 1
- Consciousness: 1
- Seeking and prohibition: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It supports his conception of desire as a conscious human domain.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 179: He cites it to emphasize that what a person desires is something that is sought and may be denied to them; that is, it belongs to the sphere of consciousness and desire, not to automatic instinct.
- Concept: deprivation from desire
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّنْ قَبْلُ} (Saba’ 54)»
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