This axis gathers 1 locus of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
Then, when she had delivered her, she said, “My Lord, I have delivered a female,” and God knew best what she had delivered, and the male is not like the female
Brief reading
Shahrur cites it to reread preference in context and to affirm that the text here establishes the preference of the female.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- preference: 2
- female: 1
- masculinity: 1
- context: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to deconstructing the common masculine reading through the meaning of context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- example: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 174: He cites it to invert the common masculine reading and to affirm that the text itself establishes the preference of the female in this context.
- concept: preference
- function of the verse here: example
- textual evidence: «{ and the male is not like the female } is an explicit preference for the female»
- corresponding traditional reading: preference of the male over the female
Related books
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