Stories about gendered social relations permeate the Qur'an, and
nearly three hundred verses involve specific women or girls. The
Qur'an features these figures in accounts of human origins, in
stories of the founding and destruction of nations, in narratives
of conquest, in episodes of romantic attraction, and in incidents
of family devotion and strife. Overall, stories involving women and
girls weave together theology and ethics to reinforce central
Qur'anic ideas regarding submission to God and moral
accountability. Celene Ibrahim explores the complex cast of female
figures in the Qur'an, probing themes related to biological sex,
female sexuality, female speech, and women in sacred history.
Ibrahim considers major and minor figures referenced in the Qur'an,
including those who appear in narratives of sacred history, in
parables, in descriptions of the eternal abode, and in verses that
allude to events contemporaneous with the advent of the Qur'an in
Arabia. Ibrahim finds that the Qur'an regularly celebrates the
aptitudes of women in the realms of spirituality and piety, in
political maneuvering, and in safeguarding their own wellbeing;
yet, women figures also occasionally falter and use their agency
toward nefarious ends. Women and Gender in the Qur'an outlines how
women and girls - old, young, barren, fertile, chaste, profligate,
reproachable, and saintly - enter Qur'anic sacred history and
advance the Qur'an's overarching didactic aims.
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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 | Review
by: Riaz O.
An interesting read if you want to know about the women mentioned in the Quran and the context in which they are mentioned in the Quran.
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