This locus gathers 1 place 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 quoted
She said: How can I have a boy when no human being has touched me, and I have not been unchaste
Brief reading
The verse comes as support for clarifying that the term ghulām is not restricted to a slave, but denotes a boy or a male at the age of maturity.
Loci
- linguistic and semantic
- political and social
Related concepts
- ghulām: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to deconstruct the social meaning of the word within Qur’anic usage.
The verse’s role in the argument
- support: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 263: cited within an analysis of the term ghulām to indicate that it is not restricted to a slave, but to a boy/male at the age of maturity.
- concept: ghulām
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «{She said: How can I have a boy …} (Maryam 20)»
Related books
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