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Chptr 4-25a (Pt-5, Stg-1)(L-531)- درس قرآن
Marriage with female slaves
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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.
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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