This axis gathers 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 as cited
And [mention] when the angels said, “O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.”
Brief reading
Shahrur understands it to mean that women here means females, not later ones, because the context is connected to Mary and election.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- women: 2
- females: 1
- Mary: 1
- election: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to determining meaning according to context rather than according to general usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Usage instances
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 503: He uses it to argue that women here means females, not later ones, because the context concerns Mary and election.
- Concept: women
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: “And His saying, {And when the angels said … above the women of the worlds} (Al Imran 42)”
Related books
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