Re: Female Prophets
Peace brother kchughtai
Yes … “messengers” - is implied … it is also clarified in the context of the verses surrounding this verse and supported by the other verses in the Qur’an regarding this pattern.
If you really want to know more detail then please also read about “hasr” - containment - it is a grammatical rule in Arabic that specifies things without exception.
Nakirah usage of the word “rijaalan” rather than “Al-Rijaala” also indicates open ended-ness
Also, it is true that nisa is the word for women and rijaal for men - but like any rule in Arabic grammar - the masculine can include the feminine but when the feminine form is used it does exclude the masculine.
And that is for messengers - i.e. even these do not by rule eliminate female messengers - but the sense is - yes it can be argued - but prophets is even more elusive … But I stand by what I said earlier - there are no “female prophets as far as we know”.