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
  • 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).»

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