This locus 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 cited

Indeed, it is for you not to go hungry in it and not to go naked

Brief reading

It is used to infer that eating and drinking are necessities of survival, and then to build on that the development of desires with knowledge and industry.

Axes

  • Human and ethical
  • Political and social
  • Instinct of eating and drinking: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to the human being’s basic needs and to the emergence of patterns of social organization.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The State and Society, p. 178: It is used to infer that eating and drinking are necessities of survival, then to build on that the idea that food desires arise historically with the development of knowledge and industry.
    • Concept: Instinct of eating and drinking
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «And we find that the Wise Revelation mentions it: {Indeed, it is for you not to go hungry in it and not to go naked} (Taha 118)»

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