This axis brings together 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

What shall be its recompense if you are lying? … God forbid that we should take except him with whom we found our property

Brief reading

The verse comes as an example that matā‘ may mean the needs required or found with a person.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • matā‘: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It illustrates the breadth of meaning in the word according to context.

Its role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 499: He cites it to explain that matā‘ may mean the necessities that are needed and found with a person.
    • Concept: matā‘
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: «God forbid that we should take except him with whom we found our property»

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