This locus gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
{ And proclaim the pilgrimage to the people; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every distant pass }
Brief reading
Shahrur cites it as evidence that the term “men” is not restricted to males, but may refer to those walking on foot, both male and female.
Axes
- Political and social
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- men: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to expanding the semantic range of the term in the social context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 242–243: cited to argue that the term “men” is not restricted to males, but may refer to those walking on foot, both male and female.
- Concept: men
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «or in the sense of “walking on two feet,” as in His, the Exalted’s, saying: { … they will come to you on foot … }, for those coming to the pilgrimage are males and females»
Related books
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