This locus 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 as cited
And those who are pregnant—their term is until they deliver their burden…
Brief reading
It is cited to show that the end of pregnancy is delivery, and that the wording distinguishes between feminine and masculine forms in Qur’anic usage.
Axes
- Legislative
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Delivery: 2
- Distinction between plural forms: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to fixing the ruling from the standpoint of language, not custom.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Example: 1
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 181: Cited to establish that the Qur’an makes the end of pregnancy delivery, not pregnancy itself.
- Concept: delivery
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «{… وَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ…} (al-Talāq 4).»
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 148: Cited to show that the Qur’an uses a special feminine form («Ulat») in contrast to «Ulu/Uli» for males, as a prelude to denying that «ulu al-amr» means rulers.
- Concept: distinction between plural forms
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual evidence: «As in His saying تعالى: {… وَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ…} al-Talāq 4»
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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