This locus 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 text as cited

and that He created the pair, the male and the female

Brief reading

It is cited to define the pair as the male and the female in natural existence, not in a marriage contract.

Loci

  • linguistic and semantic
  • methodological
  • pairhood: 2
  • male: 1
  • female: 1
  • natural existence: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It establishes a semantic distinction between natural pairhood and contractual pairhood.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • establishing: 1

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 198: It is cited to define the pair as the male and the female in natural existence, not in a marriage contract.
    • concept: pairhood
    • function of the verse here: establishing
    • textual evidence: “The term ‘pair’ appears in many verses, including His saying, {AND THAT HE CREATED THE PAIR, THE MALE AND THE FEMALE} (An-Najm 45).”

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