Q 4:24 revisited

Joseph Witztum

doi:10.1163/156851908X413748

Q 4:24 revisited

Joseph Witztum^*

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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 muhsinat (chaste women) with married women; and that there is a strong case for understanding the second part of the verse as addressing mut'a.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-33
Number of pages	33
Journal	Islamic Law and Society
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/156851908X413748
State	Published - 1 Feb 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Marriage, muhsinat
Mut'a
Q 4:24
Qur'an

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