Gender relations in the Qurʼan : conceptualising space and male-female interaction / F. Redhwan Karim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karim, F. Redhwan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Qurʼan.

Women in Islam.

Women in the Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 260 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A constricting attitude towards the relationship between non- ma ? ram (marriageable) men and women is often either politically enforced or self-imposed in Muslim societies, with notions of separation and segregation upheld as normative ideals. This book challenges such interpretations, delineating a more permissive and nuanced position rooted in the Qur'an. Responding to the oft-held notion of men occupying the public sphere while women are restricted to the private, the book explores whether the Qur'an adopts a conception of gendered space and gendered roles. The book analyses the various forms of male-female interaction in the Qur'an, providing a comprehensive overview of gender relations and a critical dissection of restrictive readings. It also discusses clothing, offering a thorough overview of sartorial prescriptions in the Qur'an. Engaging with both classical and modern scholarship to provide a contextual reading, this book offers a comprehensive and expansive analysis of gender relations within a Qur'anic context.

Contents:

Introduction: Framing Gender Relations in the Qur’an. Conceptual Foundations : Gender, Relation and Revelation ; Genealogies of Gender in Qur’anic Interpretation ; Reading Gender Relations Thematically : Methods and Hermeneutical Commitments ; Gendered Address in the Qur’an ; Book Outline

1. Gendered Space : Rethinking Spatial Boundaries. The Public and Private Sphere ; Marriage and Gendered Roles ; Division of Inheritance ; The Creation Narrative and the Ontological Origin of Eve ; The Prophet’s Wives ; Conclusion – 2. Beyond the Private Sphere : Conceptualising Gendered Roles. Khalīfa : Custodians of Earth ; The Queen of Sheba as a Figure of Emulation ; The Public Gathering of Women ; Wilāyah and Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil ; The Testimony of Women ; Conclusion

3. Male-Female Interaction and the Ethics of Encounter. The Woman Who Disputed ; General Rules - Sūrat al-Nūr ; Interacting with the Prophet’s Wives ; Moses and the Women of Midian ; Joseph and the Wife of Al-ʿAzīz ; Mary and the Angel Gabriel ; Solomon and the Queen of Sheba ; Conclusion

4. The Condition of Clothing. Purpose of Clothing in the Qur’an ; Clothing and Gender Relations ; Zīna ; The Khimār ; Rethinking Gender Binaries in Clothing : Slave Women and Age ; Veiling ; Conclusion – 5. Desire, Deterrence and the Limits of Permissibility. Permitted Avenues for Sexual Relations ; Forbidding Zinā ’ ; Zinā ’ and Ḥudūd ; Importance of Deterrence ; Social Status over Gender ; Taking the Ruling Further : Stoning? ; Blocking the Means ; Men Having a Greater Desire for Women ; Conclusion

Conclusion: Towards a Qur’anic Ethic of Gender Relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-3995-6136-7

OCLC:

1582440624