Quran Chapter 2- 187a (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-223)
- درس قرآن
Relationship of husband and wife
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ (187 a)
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187a.
It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the
fast. They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them.
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187a.
‘U-hilla lakum laylatas-Siyaamir-rafasu ‘ilaa
nisaaa-‘i-kum. Hunna libaasul-lakum wa ‘antum
libaasul-lahunn.
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Commentary
‘Ar-rafasu – (to go in unto
(wives), literal meaning of the word rafasa is ‘the speech or
talk which excite sexual feelings and sensual wishes. Here it means ‘to sleep
together of husband and wife for intercourse’.
You know that Commandments
of the Divine Religion of Islam were revealed slowly and gradually. Like the
people of the Scripture (the Children of Israel), the Muslims also used to
refrain from committing sexual intercourse with their wives after sleeping at
night during the month of Ramadan. It has been softened by means of this verse,
and permitted that they can perform sexual intercourse with their wives at
night.
It discloses that
Islam doesn’t desire to cause to suffer entirely the wishes and feelings of
mankind. Moreover, it desires to put the entire works in order and according to
the Will of God Almighty. We should do any work when Allah Almighty wills and
stop doing it when it is forbidden by Him because He understands best about our
betterment and expedience. We don’t know about profit and loss of ourselves.
Besides the fasting,
there is no restriction for husband and wife during day and night. But it is
forbidden in the day time during the fasting. If anybody disobeys this commandment,
he will either keep the fasts for sixty days continuously as punishment of one
broken fast or set free a slave or feed sixty poor persons as the case may be.
Libaasun – (raiment,
clothing), it has been revealed about close relationship of husband and wife
commanding them as clothing of one another which is an inference among
the relationship of them with the permission of God Almighty. This example of
raiment exists in many forms, for instance; their close relationship between
them, their need of each other, their perfect bodily nearness, grace and beauty
for one another, and being reason of satisfaction and facility, best of all
that, is concealing blemishes of each other also, being perfect trusty of one
another.
Please
think that how much things have been made for one to understand; by using the
one word Libaasun ‘the raiment’. It is necessary for
husband and wife (both) that they should prove themselves clothing (confident),
trustworthy, secret keepers, hearty rest provider and cause of pleasure for each
other.
