The use of amr language style according to gender in surah al-Baqarah / Syakirah Rifa’in @ Mohd Rifain, Mat Taib Pa and Nurul Huda Hamzah

This study discusses the use of amr language style, which relates to gender in surah al-Baqarah. It addresses two main objectives; to identify the verses and contexts of the amr which refers to women and men specifically in surah al-Baqarah and to determine how the al-Quran al-Karim uses the forms of amr for women as well as men in surah al-Baqarah. The study is designed using a qualitative approach, and Al-Awsiy (1988) and Wahbah Al-Zuhayliy (1991) Theory has been applied. The findings of this study indicate that there are eight verses which relate to gender; breastfeeding, menstruation, looking for women in iddah, mut’ah and iddah. The context of breastfeeding and iddah used uslub khabariy which indicated insya‘iy focusing on women, while in the context of menstruation, looking for women in iddah and mut’ah is concentrated on men using fi‘l amr. With regard to the hidden meaning of diversity of the amr form, this study found that the fi‘l amr has been used in a strong and firm way to reflect the intensity of command in explaining fundamental matters. For uslub khabariywhich indicates insya‘iy, it is used in a gentle way because it involves complicated matters