Surah al-Mujadilah (The Contention) 58 : 3
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Yusuf Ali
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| (58:3:1) wa-alladhīna And those who |
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| (58:3:2) yuẓāhirūna pronounce zihar |
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| (58:3:4) nisāihim (to) their wives |
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| (58:3:6) yaʿūdūna back |
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| (58:3:8) qālū they said |
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| (58:3:9) fataḥrīru then freeing |
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| (58:3:10) raqabatin (of) a slave |
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| (58:3:12) qabli before |
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| (58:3:14) yatamāssā they touch each other |
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| (58:3:16) tūʿaẓūna you are admonished |
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| (58:3:18) wal-lahu And Allah |
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| (58:3:20) taʿmalūna you do |
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| (58:3:21) khabīrun (is) All-Aware |
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Explanatory Note
Having laid down the principle so clearly, the verdict is stated in detail: "Those who separate themselves from their wives by saying, 'You are as unlawful to me as my mother,' and then go back on what they have said, must atone by freeing a slave before the couple may resume theirfill marital relation. This is an admonition to you, and God is Ally aware of all that you do."
God has made freeing a slave a way of atonement for various offences. This is one way Islam freed those who had fallen into slavery in consequence of the system prevalent at the time, which allowed for the enslavement of prisoners of war. Various views have been stated with regard to the phrase, "then go back on what they have said." We choose the view that says that they resume marital relations which they had earlier forbidden themselves by zihar. The freeing of a slave should occur before it becomes permissible for them to so go back. A comment is added here: "This is an admonition to you." The atonement required is an admonition and a warning against reverting to this totally unacceptable practice. "God is filly aware of all that you do." He knows its nature, how it happens and your intention in doing it.
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There is no hadith to tell as to when this incident of pleading and arguing took place, but there is a hint in the subject matter of the Surah on the basis of which it can be said with certainty that it happened sometime after the battle of the Trench (Shawwal, 5 A.H.). In Surah 33: al-Ahzab (The Confederates), God while negating that an adopted son could be one’s real son, had just said this and no more; “And God has not made those of your wives whom you divorce by dhihar your mothers.” But in that Surah there was nothing to the effect that to divorce a wife by dhihar was a sin or a crime, nor anything about the legal injunction concerning it. Contrary to it, in this Surah the whole law relating to dhihar has been laid down, which shows that these detailed injunctions were sent down some time after the brief reference to it in Surah 33: al-Ahzab (The Confederates).
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Ibn Kathir (English)
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Mawdudi
الطبري - جامع البيان
ابن كثير - تفسير القرآن العظيم
القرطبي - الجامع لأحكام
البغوي - معالم التنزيل
ابن أبي حاتم الرازي - تفسير القرآن
ابن عاشور - التحرير والتنوير
ابن القيم - تفسير ابن قيّم
السيوطي - الدر المنثور
الشنقيطي - أضواء البيان
ابن الجوزي - زاد المسير
الآلوسي - روح المعاني
ابن عطية - المحرر الوجيز
الرازي - مفاتيح الغيب
أبو السعود - إرشاد العقل السليم
الزمخشري - الكشاف
البقاعي - نظم الدرر
الهداية إلى بلوغ النهاية — مكي ابن أبي طالب
القاسمي - محاسن التأويل
الماوردي - النكت والعيون
السعدي - تيسير الكريم الرحمن
عبد الرحمن الثعالبي - الجواهر الحسان
السمرقندي - بحر العلوم
أبو إسحاق الثعلبي - الكشف والبيان
الشوكاني - فتح القدير
النيسابوري - التفسير البسيط
أبو حيان - البحر المحيط
البيضاوي - أنوار التنزيل
النسفي - مدارك التنزيل
ابن جُزَيّ - التسهيل لعلوم التنزيل
علي الواحدي النيسابوري - الوجيز
السيوطي - تفسير الجلالين
المختصر في التفسير — مركز تفسير
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