All New Developments in Life Can Be Cultivation

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Formulation of the claim

Shahrur expands “your women are a cultivation for you” to include all the tools and achievements that emerge in life until the Day of Resurrection.

Explanation

He gives examples such as the car, television, and mobile phone, and sees them all as “gains” or “cultivation” from which benefit is taken if they are used for good. In this way, the verse becomes, in his view, applicable to new developments, not confined to a narrow sexual meaning. He insists that the question is not: is this lawful or unlawful? Rather: how is it used for good? This is consistent with his flexible reading of the Qur’anic text.

Its place in the episode’s argument

This atom is the episode’s practical conclusion, as it moves the interpretation from the text to contemporary reality. It also justifies his stance on modern questions about technologies.

Scope of the claim

It does not mean abolishing rulings; rather, it means that the criterion of use and God-consciousness is more important than rigid classification.

All New Developments in Life Can Be Cultivation