Quran
Chptr 4-24b (Pt-5, Stg-1)(L-530)- درس قرآن
A dower and mutual willingness
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
24b. And those of whom ye seek content (by
marrying them), give unto them their dowries as a duty. And there is no sin
for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty (hath been done).
Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
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24b. Famas-tamta’-tum-bihii
min-hunna fa‘aatuuhunna ‘ujuura hunna
fariizaah.
Wa laa
junaaha ‘alay-kum fiimaa taraa-zaytum- bihii
mim- ba’-dil- fariizah. ‘InnAllaaha kaana
‘Aliiman
Hakiimaa.
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Commentary
‘As-tamta’-tum – ‘is-tamtaa’-‘un has been used as
infinitive mood, which means ‘to get advantage, to enjoy’. Here it aims living
of husband and wife together in solitude for a long time.
‘Ujuura hunna – (their rights), ‘ujuur is plural of ‘ajr, which means wages,
retaliation. Here it points towards the Mahr of the women (the
dowry to be paid by the husband).
The orders regarding the dower (the money or its value resting
upon the husband after marriage) have been ordained in this part of the verse.
That is to say; any man married a woman and took the benefit from her for a
fixed duration, then it is necessary to give that woman completely amount of
the dower Moreover, until the
woman does not forgive it by herself, the payment of the dower is essential. It has been noticed
from the hindrance of the word ‘is-tamtaa’-‘un that if one has not
got any advantage from the woman and her husband has divorced her, then the
husband is not bound to pay the entire amount of dowry. Its complete detail was
discussed in Surah ‘Al-Baqra (The Cow). After that,
it has been described that in determination of the dowry and its payment,
increasing and decreasing the dowry is lawful with mutual agreement between
husband and wife. That is to say; after fixing the amount of dower, if either the wife decreases the amount of dowry
happily or the husband gives more than the specified amount of dower willingly to her wife then it is
no sin. However, only the condition is that they both ‘husband and wife’ should
be willing to do so mutually.
At the end, Allah Almighty
directed that He knows the expedience, all kinds of advantages and
disadvantages of the human beings and His orders are full of wisdom. Betterment
and prosperity for the people is hidden in obedience of His orders in the world
and the Hereafter, and if they disobey His orders then there will be failure in
the world and disgrace in the Hereafter.
Relationship of husband and wife
is a very important matter. Dependence of the continuance of human generation
(and perfect growth and education of the children) is connected with the mutual
pleasant relation and assistance between both of them. Only their strong relation
is the origin of prosperity and well-being of the children. Therefore, it is
essential to understand and act upon the laws, which Allah Almighty has
described in Holy Qur’an.
It has come to know from this
verse that the determination of dowry is a necessary thing for the nuptial and
its payment is incumbent on the man.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke
Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected
from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore
(translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif).
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