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Surah al-Mujadilah (The Contention) 58 : 4

فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. This is so you would believe in Allāh and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

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Word Arabic word
(58:4:1)
(58:4:2)
(58:4:3)
yajid
find
(58:4:4)
faṣiyāmu
then fasting
(58:4:5)
shahrayni
(for) two months
(58:4:6)
mutatābiʿayni
consecutively
(58:4:7)
(58:4:8)
qabli
before
(58:4:9)
(58:4:10)
yatamāssā
they both touch each other
(58:4:11)
(58:4:12)
(58:4:13)
yastaṭiʿ
is able
(58:4:14)
fa-iṭ'ʿāmu
then (the) feeding
(58:4:15)
sittīna
(of) sixty
(58:4:16)
mis'kīnan
needy one(s)
(58:4:17)
(58:4:18)
litu'minū
so that you may believe
(58:4:19)
bil-lahi
in Allah
(58:4:20)
warasūlihi
and His Messenger
(58:4:21)
(58:4:22)
ḥudūdu
(are the) limits
(58:4:23)
l-lahi
(of) Allah
(58:4:24)
walil'kāfirīna
and for the disbelievers
(58:4:25)
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
(58:4:26)
alīmun
painful

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Explanatory Note

The surah then states: "However, he who does not have the means shall fist instead for two consecutive months before the couple may resume their full marital relation; and he who is unable to do it shall feed sixty needy people." This is followed by a comment and a directive: "This, so that you may prove your faith in God and His Messenger." These people were indeed believers. However, this clarification and these penalties provide a direct link between their affairs and God's order. This makes belief operative in ordinary life, giving faith real authority in society. "Such are the bounds set by God." He has set these bounds so that people will not transgress them. He is also angry with those who do not observe these bounds. "Grievous suffering awaits those who will not believe," because of their transgression, lack of faith and going beyond the limits He has defined. 

The last sentence in the verse, Grievous suffering awaits those who will not believe; is certainly a fitting ending as it completes the discussion of the woman's situation, while also providing a bridge to the theme of the next verse that speaks about those who contend against God and His Messenger.

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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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