Quran and Woman
Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
Amina Wadud
Format PDF
6.23 MB
Pages 145
Preface
Preface to
the First Edition xx
Acknowledgments
xxiii
Glossary xxv
Introduction:
How Perceptions of Woman Influence
Interpretation
of the Qur'an 1
Background
Methodology: A Hermeneutical Model
Language and Prior Text
The Prior Text of Gender-specific
Language
Perspectives on Woman
Distinctions between Men and Women
Key Terms and Concepts in the Qur'an
A Word about Quotations and
Translations of Qur'an
Chapter Outlines
1 In the Beginning, Man and Woman
Were Equal: Human Creation in the Qur'an 15
Creation and the Language of the
Unseen
Creation of the First Parents
The Creation of Humankind
The Origins of Humankind: Ayah; Min;
Nafs; Zawj
The Dualism of the Creation
The Events in the Garden
Conclusion
2 The Qur'anic View of Woman in
This World 29
How the Qur'an Teaches the Reader
through the Events in the Lives
of the Individuals It has Mentioned
The Signifance of the Women Mentioned
or Referred to in the Qur'an
Woman as an Individual
Distinctions between Individuals: Taqwa
Distinctive Female Characters in the
Qur'an
3 The Equity of Recompense: The
Hereafter in the Qur'an 44
The Hereafter and Creation
Values of the Hereafter
Stages of the Hereafter
Death
Resurrection
Judgment
The Equity of Recompense
Recompense of the Individual
The Final Abode
Hell
Paradise
Companions in the Hereafter
Hur-al-'ayn
in
Qur'anic Discussions of Paradise
Zawj in the
Hereafter
The Hereafter from Allah's Perspective
('inda Allah)
Summary
4 Rights and Roles of Women: Some
Controversies 62
Functional Distinctions on Earth
Woman is not just Biology
Darajah
Faddala
Nushuz: Disruption
of Marital Harmony
The Significance of Context and
Chronology in Qur'anic Social
Reforms for Women
Divorce
Patriarchy
Polygamy
Witness
Inheritance
Male Authority
Child Care
Conclusion
94
Appendix:
List of Female Characters Mentioned in the Qur'an 106
Bibliography
109
Index 117
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