«فَإِنَّ الْقُنُوتَ مَا يُوصَفُ بِهِ الذُّكُورُ وَالْإِنَاثُ»
Qunut is a characteristic by which both males and females may be described.
We must distinguish a semantic property from the grammatical form expressing it. Obedience is not male-only; al-qanitin is morphologically masculine. An inclusive reading is therefore compatible with a predominantly masculine form.
It would be erroneous to infer from the word’s masculine form that a female can never be included among its referents.
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Taghlib: Dominance of Form, Meaning and Naming
«فَإِنَّ الْقُنُوتَ مَا يُوصَفُ بِهِ الذُّكُورُ وَالْإِنَاثُ»
Qunut is a characteristic by which both males and females may be described.
We must distinguish a semantic property from the grammatical form expressing it. Obedience is not male-only; al-qanitin is morphologically masculine. An inclusive reading is therefore compatible with a predominantly masculine form.
It would be erroneous to infer from the word’s masculine form that a female can never be included among its referents.