al-Nahl 72

This locus gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

AND GOD HAS MADE FOR YOU, FROM YOURSELVES, SPOUSES, AND HAS MADE FOR YOU FROM YOUR SPOUSES SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN

Brief reading

He uses it to critique restricting the meaning of sons to males and to highlight the breadth of the meaning in his view.

Axes

• Narrative and historical
• Linguistic and semantic

Related concepts

• Sons: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It serves a reconsideration of the traditional understanding of the term within the network of Qur’anic meanings.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Critique of the tradition: 1

Places of use

• The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 51: He uses it to refute restricting “sons” to males, and treats it as similar to other verses that, in his view, are not confined to this meaning.
  • Concept: sons
  • Function of the verse here: critique of the tradition
  • Textual citation: “Exactly like (sons) in His saying—Exalted is He—: { وَاللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَحَفَذَةً…} (al-Nahl 72)”
  • The corresponding traditional reading: male children

Related books

• The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2

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