Intended meaning
Here, ʿirḍ means a person’s dignity and reputation, not merely sexual honor. The intended meaning is that an attack on ʿirḍ is an attack on a person’s social standing and the regard in which they are held among people.
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: definitional
- Argument movement: ʿirḍ is a person’s dignity and reputation, not merely sexual honor.
- Central terms: ʿirḍ, dignity, reputation, honor.
- Degree of centrality: central.
This atom shifts ʿirḍ from a narrow sexual meaning to a broader social meaning. In this way, it makes an attack on it an attack on human standing and public regard.
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Basis
- Supporting text: «ʿIrḍ: a person’s dignity and reputation, not merely sexual honor».
Basis location in the book
- Book: Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism.
- Location: within the final section of the book, in the discussion of adoption and lineages.
- Type of basis: close evidence.
- Verifying marker: ʿirḍ… human dignity
- Reading note: This passage is suitable as support because it defines ʿirḍ as a person’s dignity and reputation among people.
Documentation level
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on a clear witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted textually.
Editorial note
It should be used in the chapter on family, dress, and social standing.