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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Main Author: Witztum, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2009, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-33
Further subjects:B MUT'A
B Q 4:24
B MUHSINAT
B QURAN
B Marriage
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