Quran
Chptr 4-35 (Pt-5, Stg-1)(L-540)- درس قرآن
Arbitration and compromise
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
35. And if ye fear a breach between them twain
(the man and wife), appoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her
folk. If they desire settlement, Allah will make them of one mind. Lo! Allah
is Ever – Knower, Aware.
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35. Wa ‘in-khiftum shiqaaqa
baynihimaa fab-‘asuu haka-mam-min ‘ahlihii wa
haka-mam-min ‘ahlihaa. ‘Iny-yurii-daaa ‘islaahany-
yuwaffiQillaahu baynahumaa. ‘InnAllaaha
kaana
‘Aliiman Khabiiraa.
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Commentary
Three methods for mending of
disobedient, indecent and uncivil wives were told in the previous verse as for
those women from whom you fear desertion. Admonish them and banish them to beds
apart, and scourge them. Now it is being described that if these methods fail,
then what should you do?
Allah Almighty says, “If you fear
a breach between them twain (the husband and the wife) and they do not make a
truce mutually, then you should appoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter
from her folk. If they desire settlement and betterment of these miserable
circumstances sincerely and whole-heartedly, then Allah Almighty shall create
any form of agreement and make them of one mind.”
Unevenness in the matrimonial life
was found everywhere in the world before Islam. The women were not given any
right anywhere. The wife was considered worse than tongue-less animal and less
than slave and bondmaid. Islam provided her a specific dignity as daughter,
sister, wife and mother. Overall, it determined her rights and grades in each
relationship.
There was some other badness in
many religions that there was no religious and legal form of separation after
once married, and some of them had made the separation a pleasantry. The
husbands used to away their wives at a little matter. Holy Qur’an made correction and modified above both forms.
In case of dispute, at first it
was told that the husband should try to correct the matters personally. Now it
is being commanded that whenever it becomes impossible, then the dispute should
be tried to settle through the arbiters of the folks. Stage of divorce should
come at very end, which is considered a worse act out of the lawful deeds.
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