ABSTRACT
The mujdilah illustrates how divine mediation transforms both self and society: the woman is transformed by the prophet's message to understand the injustice of ihr, whereupon her deliberation with the prophet transforms his understanding, as well as that of the Quranic community. The inclusion of the Syrophoenician woman in the Matthian narrative designates, among others, the inclusivity of the Christological mission to all peoples and not just the house of Israel. Feminist commentators find that the role of the woman is to change Jesus mind or challenge him to disregard social barriers and most credit her with courage, determination and independent action. Indeed, the mujdilah provides a conceptual tool that enhances mutual understanding and relationship within diversity, whether of the gendered or ethnic or religious variety. As a sign of the Quran, the mujdilah embodies a divine principle of interlocution and so doing illustrates a form of solidarity in the engagement of women with theologies of Abrahamic revelation.
