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
{So ask them: Are your Lord’s daughters for Him, while they have sons? (149) Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?}
Brief reading
In his view, the verse serves to distinguish the meaning of sons as something specific to males, and to clarify that some notions of feminizing the angels were tied to an ancient historical consciousness.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Conception of angels: 2
- Sons: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to a network that distinguishes between lexical meaning and the conceptual background of reception.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Distinction: 1
Usage instances
- State and Society, p. 79: He cites it together with others to show that notions of feminizing the angels were linked to an early stage of consciousness about motherhood.
- Concept: Conception of angels
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {So ask them: Are your Lord’s daughters for Him, while they have sons? (149) Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?} (As-Saffat 149-150, 150)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 504: He considers it an example of the specific meaning of sons, namely male children.
- Concept: Sons
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «Where we find the term sons meaning male children in the قوله تعالى {So ask them: Are your Lord’s daughters for Him, while they have sons?} (As-Saffat 149)»
Related books
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