Quran Chapter
4- 25a (Pt-5, Stg-1) (L-531) - درس قرآن
Marrying the believing maids
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (Women)
– Chapter – 4)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنكُمْ طَوْلًا أَنيَنكِحَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ فَمِن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُم مِّن فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَٰنِكُم بَعْضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ بِإِذْنِأَهْلِهِنَّ وَءَاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَٰتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحَٰتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَٰتِ أَخْدَانٍ فَإِذَآ أُحْصِنَّ فَإِنْ أَتَيْنَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَىٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ ٱلْعَنَتَ مِنكُمْ وَأَن تَصْبِرُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ 25
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25a. And whoso is not able to afford to marry free,
believing women, let them marry from the believing maids whom your right
hands possess. And Allah knoweth best (concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed)
one from another,
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25a. Wa mal-lam yastati’ min-kum
taw-lan ‘any-yankihal-Muhsanaatil-Mu’-minaati fa-mimmaa
malakat ‘ay-maanu-kum-min-fatayaa- tikumul- Mu’-minaat.
Wallaahu ‘a’-lamu bi-‘iimaanikum. Ba’-zukum-mim-ba’z.
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Commentary
Muhsanaatun – (free, believing women), its
singular is Muhsanah, which has been derived from hasan.
Hasan means the fort, as though, Muhsanah is that
free, believing and good disposition woman, who kept safe her chastity and
honor like a fort.
Powerful and bad people used to make the weak and helpless men,
women and children their slaves and bond-maids in many countries of the world
before Islam and they used to buy and sell them in the markets like goats and
sheep. When Islam came, it brought with itself the message of equality.
Nevertheless, it was not too much easy to remove the so much old rules and to
change this method of dwelling, of which system the people had been habituated.
As far as it is possible, Islam cares for the facilities of the people. The
slaves and the bond-maids were already present in the Arab and they were in the
worse condition. Particularly the bond-maids were never in any counting. They
were badly used to beat black and blue. Allah Almighty provided such rules with
which the condition of slaves and bond-maids might be arranged better, and in
the process of time, the system of slavery might be finished.
No bond-maid or slave exists today in the world and certainly,
the wreath of finishing this slavery system is on the head of Islam. It is the
custom of Holy Qur’an in removing the unlawful rules that easy
commands are delivered in the beginning, as it seems that Islam desires to keep
up this rule. But usually and gradually; due to obeying these easy orders, the
worse customs go to an end.
Holy Qur’an promoted the dignity of bond-maids
in this verse so much that It ordered, “Do not put them making prey only of
your evil wishes and intemperance. But wed them and make them your wives. In
this order, the seed of removing the custom of bond-maids was sown. It has been
commanded, “The person, who is not able to afford to marry any free, believing
women, but he feels necessity of any woman then let him marry from the
believing maids whom your right hands possess. And they should escape from the
unlawful deeds, because safety of Belief is very important and the faith of
bond-maids is as much credible as your own.”
It is the result of accepting these orders that today slavery
has been finished from the world. The respect of the woman has been established
in the society. However, one thing is pending till now that none should keep
any one under own influence. If it would have been done also as per the orders
of Islam, then the matter would have been finalized very earlier.
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