This axis gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
STRENGTHEN MY BACK THROUGH HIM * AND LET HIM SHARE MY AFFAIR
Brief reading
It is used to argue that shirk may come to mean participation, as a prelude to reading it in the context of marriage and kinship.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Shirk: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the expansion of the Qur’anic signification of the term within Arabic usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 53: It is used to argue that the word shirk in Arabic may come to mean participation, as a prelude to reading it in the context of marriage and kinship.
- Concept: Shirk
- The verse’s function here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{STRENGTHEN MY BACK THROUGH HIM * AND LET HIM SHARE MY AFFAIR} (Taha 31–32).»
Related books
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