This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
They ask you about menstruation. Say: it is harm, so keep away from women during menstruation …
Brief reading
Shahrur reads it as one of the passages in which women explicitly denotes females, while employing tillage to determine the context of the sexual relationship.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Legislative
Related concepts
- women: 2
- tillage: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to determining meaning through verbal and thematic context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Context: 1
Usage instances
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 503: He makes it one of the passages in which women means females explicitly in the context of menstruation and sexual relations.
- Concept: women
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And His saying: {And they ask you about menstruation … so keep away from women during menstruation}. (al-Baqara 222)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 506: He relies on it to determine the time and place of the sexual relationship, then denies that the verse of tillage returns to the same meaning.
- Concept: tillage
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «Let us take the previous verse {And they ask you about menstruation … so keep away from women during menstruation …}»
Related books
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