This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse text as quoted
And the one in whose house he was sought to seduce him away from himself, and she locked the doors and said, ‘Come to me.’ He said, ‘I seek refuge in God; indeed, he is my lord; he has made my stay gracious. Indeed, wrongdoers never prosper.’
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s reading, the verse is understood as an example of a conscious refusal of immorality, and of the meaning of the house as a place of residence and social relation.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Conscious choice: 2
- House: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It links moral choice with the concept of the house within the social structure.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
- Support: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 109: He cites it to show that Joseph refrained from immorality because he saw it as a deliberate injustice committed with knowledge of the consequences.
- Concept: Conscious choice
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «We understand from His – تعالى – saying: {وَرَاوَدَتْهُ … إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ} (Joseph 23) that Joseph realized that if he committed immorality… that would be injustice»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 255: He uses it to show that the house is the place of residence and the woman’s social ownership, not merely a physical dwelling.
- Concept: House
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And in His saying in the story of Joseph: { وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا }»
Related books
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