Q 4:24 revisited

Abstract Q 4:24 has presented a challenge to classical exegetes and modern scholars alike. Examining Quranic evidence and the exegetical tradition, this article offers a textual analysis of this verse and suggests a new reading. I argue that the first part of Q 4:24 is an independent sentence; that...

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1. VerfasserIn: Witztum, Joseph (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2009
In: Islamic law and society
Jahr: 2009, Band: 16, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-33
weitere Schlagwörter:B MUT'A
B Q 4:24
B MUHSINAT
B QURAN
B Marriage
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Q 4:24 has presented a challenge to classical exegetes and modern scholars alike. Examining Quranic evidence and the exegetical tradition, this article offers a textual analysis of this verse and suggests a new reading. I argue that the first part of Q 4:24 is an independent sentence; that an erroneous reading of it as a continuation of the previous verse led to the replacement of the original meaning of muhsināt (chaste women) with married women; and that there is a strong case for understanding the second part of the verse as addressing mut'a.
ISSN:1568-5195
Enthält:Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/156851908X413748