This axis brings together 3 instances 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
AND WE HAVE ENJOINED UPON MAN HIS PARENTS: his mother carried him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years…
Brief reading
The verse is made a basis for distinguishing between the parents as a biological origin and the father and mother as a social meaning.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- the parents: 3
- parenthood: 2
- the two parents: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to an important semantic distinction in the concept of family and kinship.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 181: He makes it the basis for his distinction between the parents and the two parents, considering that the verse connects the parents to pregnancy and then care until weaning.
- Concept: the parents
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «{And We have enjoined upon man his parents: his mother carried him in weakness upon weakness…} (Luqman 14).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 293: He employs it to link the concepts of father and mother to the biological meaning and to distinguish them from the social father and mother.
- Concept: parenthood
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «Because of His — exalted be He — saying: (And We have enjoined upon man his parents: his mother carried him …) (Luqman 14).»
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 64: He cites it to link the parents to biology while distinguishing them from the social father and mother.
- Concept: the parents
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And the mother … according to His saying تعالى: { And We have enjoined upon man his parents … } (Luqman 14).»
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
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