Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Gender discrimination remains deeply entrenched in societal structures, often perpetuated by cultural and religious frameworks. This article seeks to address this issue by examining the contributions of Zaynab al-Ghazālī, one of the few female scholars in the traditionally male-dominated field of Qur’ānic exegesis (tafsīr). Her magnum opus, Naẓarāt fī Kitāb Allāh, offers a distinctive interpretative framework on gender equity, specifically regarding the ontology of women, their creation, and the concept of qiwāmah within the family structure. This study employs qualitative library research with a descriptive-analytical approach, drawing on historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives. To examine al-Ghazālī’s thought, it applies the gender paradigms proposed by M. Quraish Shihab and Husein Muhammad. The findings reveal that al-Ghazālī views gender equity as a core principle within an Islamic framework. Her interpretations reflect a moderate-progressive stance that bridges classical Islamic thought and contemporary gender discourse. This study contributes to the broader discourse on women’s role in Islamic scholarship and underscores the necessity of recognizing female exegetes in shaping the intellectual and theological landscape of gender studies in Islam.
Source: ISLAMICA Jurnal Studi Keislaman
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409566415