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Qur'an and Women: Rereading the Sacred Texts from a
Women's Perspective
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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
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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