Atlas of Women in the Quran

Women named, chosen and highlighted as moral examples in the Quran — Mary, Asiya, Hagar, Bilqis and more.

Atlas of Women in the Quran←
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Classical Sources
İbn Kesîr
Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm
1301–1373 (Dımaşk)
Foundational tafsir source for Maryam, Āsiya, Bilqīs, Ḥawwāʾ and all female figures in the Quran.
er-Râzî
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb
1149–1209 (Rey)
Deep theological analysis of Maryam's "ṣiddīqa" rank, Bilqīs's wisdom, and Āsiya's prayer.
ez-Zemahşerî
al-Kashshāf
1075–1144 (Harezm)
Linguistic and rhetorical analysis of female figures in the Quran, layered by verse.
Amina Wadud
Qurʾan and Woman
1992 (Oxford UP)
Modern gender hermeneutics; contemporary critical perspective on classical readings of female figures.

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