The Misuse of Polysemy to Reinterpret 4:34
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How our ex ante calibration tainted by secular morality and modern sensibilities can influence how we interpret the Qur’an regardless of its perceived neutrality.
Many truth seekers within the Qur’an-alone community are not immune to blind spots, where their calibration can be geared toward optimizing for social consensus, conformity with modernity, or some other target that prioritizes a certain convenient criterion over truth.
This article reveals these blind spots and shows with the help of a case study how instead of letting the Qur'an deliver its own verdict through its own morphology, syntax and grammar, reformists rely on assumed conclusions that are already baked in the premise thus breaking all language rules to reinterpret the Qur'an to appeal to popular contemporary narratives.
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Part I
https://forthefew1.substack.com/p/the-calibration-problem-the-misuse
Part II
https://forthefew1.substack.com/p/the-calibration-problem-the-misuse-6f1
Part III
https://forthefew1.substack.com/p/the-calibration-problem-the-misuse-b3b