The Women (An-Nisâ)
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In the name of
Allah, Gracious, Merciful.
1O mankind, reverence your Guardian Lord who created you from a single
person, created of like nature his mate, and from them twain scattered
countless men and women, reverence Allah through whom you demand your mutual
rights and reverence the wombs that bore you, for Allah ever watches over
you.1
2And to orphans, restore their property, nor substitute worthless things
for good ones, and devour not their substance with your own. For this is
indeed a great sin.
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Bismillahi
Rahmani Rahim
1Ya ayyuhan nasuttaqu rabbakumu lazi khalaqakum min nafsi wahidatiw wa
khalaqa minha zaujaha wa bassa minhuma rijalan kasira wa nisaan
wattaqullahal lazi tasaaluna bihi wal arhama innallaha kana alaikum raqiban.
2Wa atul yatama amwalahum wa la tatabaddalul khabisa bi tuayyibi wa la
takulu amwalahum ila amwalikum innahu kana huban kabiran.
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1. A cursory
mention of the creation account is made with a call to reverence Allah and
our mothers. It is more like Exodus 20:12: where we are told to
“Honour thy
father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee. Also Ephesians 6:2: Honour thy father and mother;
(which is the first commandment with promise). The injunction of reverencing
ones mother is nothing new in Christianity or Judaism.
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3If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans,
marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four, but if you fear that you
shall not be able to deal justly with them, then only one or a captive that
your right hands possess. That will be more suitable to prevent you from
doing injustice.2
4And give the women their dower as a free gift, but if they of their own
good pleasure remit any part of it to you, take it and enjoy it with right
good cheer.
5And to those weak of understanding, make not over your property which
Allah has made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them
therewith and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
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3Wa in khiftum alla tuqsitu fil yatama fankihu ma taba lakum mina nisai
masna wa sulasa wa rubaa fa in khiftum alla tadilu fawahidatan au ma malakat
aimanukum zalika adna alla taalu.
4Wa atu nisaa saduqatihinna nihlahtan fa in tibna lakum an shaiim minhu
nafsan fakuluhu haniam marian.
5Wa la tutu sufahaa amwalakumu lati jaalallahu lakum qiyaman warzuquhum
fiha waksuhum wa qulu lahum qaulam marufan.
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2. This is one of
the most misunderstood and misapplied portions in the Qur’an. Muslims
believe, based on this passage that men can marry as many as four women on
the condition that he does not lust after any other woman. Unfortunately,
that is not what the Qur’an is talking about.
According to verse three, the
Muslims were to marry of the orphans, who had become so after the battle of Uhud where a lot of the men lost their lives. This provisional passage was
for the benefit of the orphans not the men.
The men had several wives by
this time including captive women whom they have kept as wives. Therefore
the number of wives allowable for the Muslim man is not known.
It will be
safe to say that in Islam, one is allowed to marry as many women as one can
care for. There are numerous stories about Muslim men in Nigeria marrying as
many as twenty four wives.
I personally know of a Muslim man from the then
Upper Volta (Bukina Faso) who had more than seven wives.
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Though other Muslim
men are very much monogamous and do not desire any more than their one wife, although they are in a financial position to care for forty women if
they so choose. This hadith transmission by Sahih Al-Bukhari in his Hadith 3.674, narrated by Urwa bin Az Zubair makes the matter very clear as to what
Allah meant by this verse.
“... And about what is Recited unto you In the
Book, concerning The orphan girls to whom You give not the prescribed
portions and yet whom you Desire to marry...’ What is meant by Allah’s
saying: ‘And about what is Recited unto you is the former verse which
goes:-- ‘If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the
orphan girls, then Marry (other) women of your choice.’ (4.3) ‘Aisha said,
“Allah’s saying in the other verse:--’Yet whom you desire to marry’
(4.127)
means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his
supervision when she has not much property or beauty (in which case he
should treat her justly). The guardians were forbidden to marry their orphan
girls possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as they
generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor
wealthy).”
There are several transmissions on this matter, however, since Aisha is known as the truth verifier, her knowledge on the matter will
suffice as most authentic.
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6And make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage, if then
you find sound judgment in them, release their property to them, but consume
it not wastefully nor in haste against their growing up. If the guardian is
well off, let him claim no remuneration, but if he is poor, let him have for
himself what is just and reasonable. When you release their property to
them, take witnesses in their presence, but all sufficient is Allah in
taking account.
7From what is left by parents and those nearest related, there is a share
for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large, a
determinate share.
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6Wabtalul yatama hatta iza balagun nikaha fa in anastum minhu rushdan
fadfau ilaihim amwalahum wa la takuluha israfa wa bidaran ayakbaru wa man
kana ganiyyan falyastafif wa man kana faqiran falyakul bil marufi fa iza
dafatum ilaihim amwalahum fa ashhidualaihim wa kafa billahi hasiban.
7Lirrijali nasibun mimma tarakal walidani wal aqrabuna wa linnisai nasibun
mimma tarakal walidani wal aqrabuna mimma qalla minhu au kasura nasibam
mafurudan.
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8And if at the time of division, other relatives or orphans, or poor are
present, feed them out of the property and speak to them words of kindness
and justice.
9And let those, have the same fear in their minds as they would have for
their own if they had left a helpless family behind, let them fear Allah and
speak words of appropriate comfort.
10Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans eat up a fire into
their own bodies, they will soon be enduring a blazing fire.
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8Wa iza hadaral qismata ulul qurba wal yatama wal masakinu farzuquhum
minhu wa qulu lahum qaulam marufan.
9Walyakhshal lazina lau taraku min khalfihim zurriyyatan diafan khafu
alaihim falyattaqullaha waluyaqulu qaulan sadidan.
10Inna lazina yakuluna amwalal yatama zulman innama yakuluna fi butunihim
naran wa sayaslauna sairan.
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11Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance, to the male a
portion equal to that of two females, if only daughters two or more their
share is two-thirds of the inheritance, if only one her share is a half. For
parents a sixth share of the inheritance to each if the deceased left
children, if no children and the parents are the only heirs the mother has a
third, if the deceased left brothers, the mother has a sixth after the
payment of legacies and debts. You know not whether your parents or your
children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained
by Allah and Allah is all knowing, all wise.
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11Yusikumullahu fi auladikum li zakari mislu hazzil unsayaini fa in kunna
nisaan fauqasnataini fa lahunna sulusa ma taraka wa in kanat wahidatan
falahan nisfu wa liabawaihi likulli wahidim minhuma sudusu mimma taraka in
kana lahu waladun fa illam yakul lahu waladuw wa warisahu abawahu fa
liummihi sulusu fa in kana lahu ikhwatun fa liummihi sudusu mim badi
wasiyyati yusi biha au dainin abaukum wa abnaukum la tadruna ayyuhum aqrabu
lakum nafan faridatam minallahi innallaha kanaaliman hakiman.
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12And in what your wives leave, your share is a half if they leave no
child, but if they leave a child you get a fourth, after payment of legacies
and debts. In what you leave, their share is a fourth if you leave no child,
but if you leave a child they get an eighth, after payment of legacies and
debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither
ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister each one of
the two gets a sixth, but if more than two, they share in a third, after
payment of legacies and debts, so that no loss is caused to anyone. Thus is
it ordained by Allah and Allah is all knowing, forbearing.3
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12Wa lakum nisfu ma taraka azwajukum illam yakullahunna waladun fa in kana
lahunna waladun fa lakumu rabuu mimma tarakna min badi wasiyyati yusina biha
au dainin wa lahunna rubuu mimma taraktum illam yakul lakum waladun fa in
kana lakum waladun falahunna sumunu mimma taraktum min badi wasiyyatin
tusuna biha au dainin wa in kana rajulu yurasu kalalatan awimraatun wa lahu
akhun au ukhtun falikulli wahidim minhuma sudusu fain kanu aksara min zalika
fahum shurakau fi sulusi mim badi wasiyyati yusa bihaau dainin gaira
mudarrin wasiyyatam minallahi wallahu alimun halimun.
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3. The inequality
of men and women in Islam is even shown in the distribution of inheritance.
Women are entitled to receive half the portion of what is given to male
inheritors.
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13Those are limits set by Allah, those who obey Allah and his apostle will
be admitted to gardens with rivers flowing beneath to abide therein and that
will be the supreme achievement.
14And those who disobey Allah and his apostle and transgress his limits
will be admitted to a fire to abide therein, and they shall have a
humiliating punishment.
15And if any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of
four witnesses from among you against them, and if they testify, confine
them to houses until death do claim them or Allah ordain for them some way.
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13Tilka hududullahi wa ma yutiillaha wa rasulahu yudkhilhu jannatin tajri
min tahtihal anharu khalidina fiha wa zalikal fauzul atimu.
14Wa ma yasillaha wa rasulahu wa yatadda hududahu yudkhilhu naran khalidan
fiha wa lahuazabun muhinun.
15Wallati yatinal fahishata min nisaikum fastashhidu alaihinna arbaatam
minkum fa in shahidu fa amsikuhunna fil buyuti hatta yatawaffahunnal mautu
au yajalallahu lahunna sabilan.
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16And if two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If
they repent and amend, leave them alone, for Allah is returning, merciful.4
17Allah accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and
repent soon afterwards, to them will Allah turn in mercy, for Allah is full
of knowledge and wisdom.
18Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil until
death faces one of them and he says, “Now have I repented indeed,” Nor of
those who die rejecting faith, for them have We prepared a punishment most
grievous.
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16Wallazani yatiyaniha minkum fa azuhuma fa in taba wa aslaha fa aridu
anhuma innallaha kana tawwaba rahiman.
17Innama taubatu alallahi lillazina yamaluna suabi jahalatin summa yatubua
min qaribin fa ulaika yatubullahu alaihim wa kanallahu aliman hakiman.
18Wa laisat taubatu lillazina yamaluna sayyiati hatta iza hadara
ahadahumul mautu qala inni tubtul ana wa lallazina yamutuna wa hum kuffarun
ulaika atadna lahumazaban aliman.
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4. Women who are
guilty of lewdness are to be confined in houses until their death, on the
other hand, men who are found guilty of the same offence are to be punished
but if they repent and amend their ways, they are to be forgiven. Could not
the same provision be made for the women as well?
The answer is a
resounding no, because the women are the properties of the men, as such,
they do not have the same rights and privileges as men.
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19O you who believe, you are forbidden to inherit women against their
will. Nor should you treat them with harshness that you may take away part
of the dower you have given them except where they have been guilty of open
lewdness, on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and
equity. If you take a dislike to them, it may be that you dislike a thing
and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.5
20And if you decide to take one wife in place of another even if you had
given the latter a whole treasure for dower, take not the least bit of it
back, would you take it by slander and a manifest wrong?6
21And how could you take it when you have gone in unto each other and they
have taken from you a solemn covenant?
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19Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu la yahillu lakum an tarisu nisaa karhan wa la
taduluhunna litazhabu bi badi ma ataitumuhunna illa ayatina bi fahishatim
mubayyinahtin waashiruhunna bil marufi fa in karihtumuhunna fa asa an
takrahu shaia wa yajalallahu fihi khairan kasiran.
20Wa in arattumustibdala zaujim makana zauji wa ataitum ihdahunna qintaran
fala takhuzu minhu shaian atakhuzunahu buhtana wa isman mubinan.
21Wa kaifa takhuzunahu wa
qad afda badukum ila badi wa akhazna minkum misaqan galizan.
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5. The custom of
marrying the wives of departed brothers, as was practiced in the Old
Covenant days, Muslims also do practice the same custom. The admonition here
is that men are not to compel women in this custom to marry them against
their wills. According to Yusuf Ali, men in those days used to provoke their
wives to divorce them so that they may ask for their dowers back. Therefore,
this passage was revealed to discourage such evil practices by the greedy
and selfish Muslim men.
6. There is no law
against divorce and remarriage as taught by Christ, the only stipulation
here for divorce is that she be allowed to keep anything that was given her
before and during the marriage. The answer is a resounding no, because the
women are the properties of the men, as such, they do not have the same
rights and privileges as men.
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22And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what is past, it
was shameful and odious, an abominable custom indeed.
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22Wala tankihu ma nakaha abaukum minan nisai illa ma qad salafa innahu
kana fahishata wa maqtan wa saa sabilan.
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23Prohibited to you are, your mother, daughters, sisters, father’s
sisters, mother’s sisters, brother’s daughters, sister’s daughters, foster
mothers, foster sisters, your wives’ mothers, your stepdaughters under your
guardianship born of your wives to whom you have gone in. No prohibition if
you have not gone in, wives of your sons proceeding from your loins, and two
sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past, for
Allah is forgiving, merciful.
24And also women already married, except those whom your right hands
possess. Thus has Allah ordained against you, except for these, all others
are lawful provided you seek with gifts from your property desiring chastity
not lust. Seeing that you derive benefit from them, give them their dowers
as prescribed, but if after a dower is prescribed you agree mutually, there
is no blame on you and Allah is all knowing, all wise.7
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23Hurrimat alaikum ummahatukum wa banatukum wa akhawatukum wa ammatukum wa
khalatukum wa banatul akhi wa banatul ukhti wa ummahatukumul lati ardnakum
wa akhawatukum mina radaati wa ummahatu nisaikum wa rabaibukumul lati fi
hujurikum minnisa ikumul lati dakhaltum bihinna fa illam takunu dakhaltum
bihinna falajunaha alaikum wa halailu abnaikumu lazina min aslabikum wa an
tajmau bainal ukhtaini illa ma qad salafa innallaha kana gafura rahiman.
24Wal muhsanatu mina nisai
illa ma malakat aimanukum kitaballahi alaikum wa uhilla lakum ma waraa
zalikum an tabtagu bi amwalikum muhisinan gaira musafihina famastamtatum
bihi minhunna fa atuhunna ujurahunna faridahtan wa la junaha alaikum fima
taradaitum bihi min badi l faridahti innallaha kana aliman hakiman.
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7. Marriage even to
one who is already married on condition that she is a prisoner of war is
made legal for the Muslims. And in verse 25, marriage to minors is
prescribed by Allah on account of lack of adult dowry, not according to
lust. Muhammad may have set the example in his marriage to Aisha when he, an
over fifty year old man married her when she was seven and consumed the
marriage when she was nine. What would make a fifty plus old man have sex
with a nine year old if it is not lust, aversion, or perversion.
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25And if any of you have not
the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing
girls from among those whom your right hands possess, and Allah has full
knowledge about your faith. You are one from another, wed them with the
leave of their owners and give them their dowers according to what is
reasonable, they should be chaste not lustful nor taking paramours, when
they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame their punishment is half
that for free women. This is for those among you who fear sin, but it is
better for you that you practice self restraint, and Allah is forgiving,
merciful.
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25Wa man lam yastati minkum taulan anyankihal muhsanatil muminati famimma
malakat aimanukum min fatayatikumul muminati walla alamu bi imanikum badukum
min badin fankihuhunna bi izni ahlihinna wa atuhunna ujurahunna bil marufi
muhsanatin gaira musafihati wa la muttakhizati akhdanin fa iza uhsinna fa in
ataina bi fahishatin fa alaihinna nisfu ma alal muhsanati minal azabi zalika
liman khashiyalanata minkum wa anbiru khairul lakum wallahu gafuru rahimun.
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26Allah wishes to make clear
to you and to show you the ordinances of those before you, and turn to you,
and Allah is all knowing, all wise.
27And Allah wishes to turn to you but the wish of those who follow their
lusts is that you should turn away, far away.
28Allah wishes to lighten your difficulties, for man was created weak in
flesh.
29O you who believe, eat not up your property among yourselves in
vanities, but let there be among you traffic and trade by mutual good will,
nor kill yourselves, for verily, Allah has been to you most merciful.
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26Yuridullahu liyubayyina lakum wa yahdiyakum sunanal lazina min qablikum
wa yatuba alaikum wallahualimun hakimun.
27Wallahu yuridu ayyatuba alaikum wa yuridul lazina yattabiuna shahawati
an tamilu mailan attiman.
28Yuridullahu anyukhaffifaankum wa khuliqal insanu daifan.
29Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu la takulu amwalakum bainakum bil batili illa an
takuna tijaratan an taradim minkum wa la taqtulu anfusakum innallaha kana
bikum rahiman.
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30And if any do that in rancor and injustice, soon shall We cast them into
the fire, and easy it is for Allah.
31If you eschew the most heinous of the things which you are forbidden to
do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you and admit you to a gate of
great honor.
32And in no wise covet those things in which Allah has bestowed his gifts
more freely on some of you than on others, to men is allotted what they earn
and to women what they earn, but ask Allah of His bounty, for Allah has full
knowledge of all things.
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30Wa ma yafal zalika udwanan wa tulman fa saufa nuslihi naran wa kana
zalika alallahi yasiran.
31In tajtanibu kabaira ma tunhauna anhu nukaffir ankum sayyiatikum wa
nudkhilkum mudkhalan kariman.
32Wa la tatamannau ma faddalallahu bihi badakumala badin li rijali nasibum
mimmaktasabu wa linnisai nasibum mimmaktasabna wasalullaha min fadlihi
innallaha kana bi kulli shaiin aliman.
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33And to everyone We have appointed sharers and heirs to property left by
parents and relatives. To those also to whom your right hand was pledged,
give their due portion, for truly Allah is witness to all things.
34Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has given
the one more than the other, and because they support them from their means.
Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient and guard in absence
what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part you fear
disloyalty and ill conduct first admonish them, then refuse to share their
beds, and lastly, beat them, but if they return to obedience, seek not
against them means of annoyance, for Allah is most high, great.8
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33Wa likullin jaalna mawaliya mimma tarakal walidani wal aqrabuna
wallazina aqadatu aimanukum fa atuhum nasibahum innallaha kanaala kulli
shaiin shahidan.
34Arijalu qawwamuna alan nisai bima faddalallahu badahum ala badin wa bima
anfaqu min amwalihim fa salihatu qanitatun hafizatul lil gaibi bima
hafizallahu wallati takhafuna nushuzahunna faizuhunna wahjuruhunna fil
madajii wadribuhunna fa in atanakum fala tabgualaihinna sabilan innallaha
kana aliyyan kabiran.
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8. Muslims discount
spousal abuse by playing down the intensity of this verse, however, as the
following hadith transmission reveals, spousal abuse is very much encouraged
in Islam. In the Sunan of Abu-Dawood’s hadith 142 narrated by Laqit ibn
Sabirah about conversation with Muhammad; “I (the narrator Laqit) then said:
Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who has something (wrong) in her tongue,
i.e. she is insolent. He said: Then divorce her. I said: Messenger of Allah,
she had company with me and I have children from her. He said: Then ask her
(to obey you). If there is something good in her, she will do so (obey); and
do not beat your wife as you beat your slave-girl. In 2141 narrated by
Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab states thus; “Iyas ibn Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab
reported the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying:
Do not beat
Allah’s handmaidens, but when Umar came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be
upon him) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he
(the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then many women came round the
family of the
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Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) complaining against their husbands. So
the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Many women have gone round
Muhammad’s family complaining against their husbands. They are not the best
among you.
Likewise the Prophet said in 2142 narrated by Umar
ibn al-Khattab that a man may not be asked as to why he beat his wife.
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this is what Aisha says,
“Habibah daughter of Sahl was the wife of Thabit
ibn Qays Shimmas He beat her and broke some of her part. So she came to the
Prophet (peace be upon him) after morning, and complained to him against her
husband. The Prophet (peace be upon him) called on Thabit ibn Qays and said
(to him): Take a part of her property and separate yourself from her.
He asked: Is that
right, Apostle of Allah? He said: Yes. He said: I have given her two gardens
of mine as a dower, and they are already in her possession. The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: Take them and separate yourself from her.”
And
again Al-Muwatta’s hadith 30.13
Abdullah ibn Umar said this, Yahya related
to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “A man came to Abdullah ibn
Umar when I was with him at the place where judgments were given and asked
him about the suckling of an older person. Abdullah ibn Umar replied, ‘A man
came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, ‘I have a slave-girl and I used to
have intercourse with her. My wife went to her and suckled her. When I went
to the girl, my wife told me to watch out, because she had suckled her!’
Umar told him to beat his wife and to go to his slave-girl because kinship
by suckling was only by the suckling of the young.’ “What more can be said
about spousal abuse in Islam, it is clear that it is tolerated as against
the teachings of the Bible.
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35And if you fear a breach between them both, appoint arbiters one from
his family and the other from hers, if they wish for peace Allah will cause
their reconciliation, for Allah has full knowledge and is acquainted with
all things.9
36And serve Allah and join not any partners with him, and do good to
parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are near, neighbors
who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer and what your
right hands possess, for Allah loves not the arrogant, the vainglorious.
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35Wa in khiftum shiqaqa bainihima fabasu hakamam min ahlihi wa hakamam min
ahliha iyurida islaha yuwaffiqillahu bainahuma innallaha kana liman khabiran.
36Wabudullaha wa la tushriku bihi shaiaw wa bil walidaini ihsana wa bizil
qurba wal yatama wal masakini wal jarizil qurba wal jaril junubi wa sahibi
bil jambi wabni sabili wa ma malakat aimanukum innallaha la yuhibbu man kana
mukhtalan fakhuran
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9. Arbitration is
the means by which conflicts, marital disputes and other forms of
disagreements among family members are resolved in Africa and most of the
Middle Eastern cultures. The reason is that marriages are family affairs as
such the elders of each family tries as much as possible to maintain family
unity and cohesiveness.
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37Those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or hide the
bounties which Allah has bestowed on them, for We have prepared for those
who resist faith a punishment that steeps them in contempt.10
38And those who spend of their substance to be seen of men, but have no
faith in Allah and the last day, if any take the evil one for their
intimate, what a dreadful intimate he is.
39And what burden were it on them if they had faith in Allah and in the
last day and they spent out of what Allah has given them for sustenance? For
Allah has full knowledge of them.
40Allah is never unjust in the least degree, if there is any good He
doubles it and gives from His own presence a great reward.
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37Allazina yabkhaluna wa yamurunan nasa bil bukhli wa yaktumuna ma
atahumullahu min fadlihi wa atadna lil kafirina azabam muhinan.
38Wallazina yunfiquna amwalahum riaan nasi wa la yuminuna billahi wa la
bil yaumil akhiri wa ma yakuni shaitanu lahuqarinan fa saa qarinan.
39Wa maza alaihim lau amanu billahi wal yaumil akhiri wa anfaqu mimma
razaqahumullahu wa kanallahu bihim aliman.
40Innallaha la yazlimu misqala zarrahtin wa in taku hasanata yudaifha wa
yuti mil ladunhu ajran attiman.
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10. The word
niggardliness has no relation to the offensive “N” word used derogatively by
those of non-Negroid descent. The word means one who is not so generous with
their resources.
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41How then, if We brought from each people a witness and We brought you as
a witness against these people.11
42On that day those who reject faith and disobey the apostle will wish
that the earth were made one with them, but never will they hide a single
fact from Allah!
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41Fa kaifa iza jina min kulli ummatim bi shahidi wa jina bika ala haulai
shahidan.
42Yaumaizi yawaddul lazina kafaru wa asaur rasula lau tusawwa bihimul ardu
wa la yaktumunallaha hadisan.
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11. The popular Muslim view is that prophets are appointed for each
people group, charged with proclaiming God’s word to their own people, and
that these prophets will serve as witnesses against those they were sent to.
There is a great amount of fallacy in this assumption, because prior to the
coming of Judaism and Christianity (to mention just these two), the people
worshiped idols and had no divinely appointed spokesperson from God
Almighty. To perpetrate this notion is to accept even the false prophets
from pagan origins who came against the true prophets of God in the
various cultures.
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43O you who believe, approach not prayers with a mind befogged until you
can understand all that you say, nor in a state of ceremonial impurity until
after washing your whole body, if you are ill or on a journey, or one of you
comes from offices of nature, or you have been in contact with women and you
find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth and rub
therewith your faces and hands. For Allah does blot out sins and forgive
again and again.12
44Have you not turned your vision to those who were given a portion of the
book? They traffic in error and wish that you should lose the right path.
45And Allah has full knowledge of your enemies, Allah is enough for a
protector and Allah is enough for a helper.
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43Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu la takrabu salata wa antum sukara hatta talamu
ma taquluna wa la junuban illaabiri sabilin hatta tagtasilu wa in kuntum
marda au ala safarin au jaa ahadun minkum minal gaiti au lamastumun nisaa
falam tajidu maan fa tayammamu saidan tayyiban famsahu bi wujuhikum wa
aidikum innallaha kanaafuwwan gafuran.
44Alam tara ilal lazina utu nasibam minal kitabi yashtarunad dalalata wa
yuriduna an tadillu sabila.
45Wallahu alamu bi adaikum wa kafa billahi waliyya wa kafa billahi nasiran.
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12. Islamic worship
is preceded by the performance of ablution without which one’s prayers will
not be acceptable. The ablution is to be performed after one has answered
nature’s call, or had a conjugal visit with one’s legally married wife or
husband. Islam considers all of these physical expressions as dirty and
defiling and a hindrance to approaching the throne of God. This
demonstration of outward purity is nothing more than hygienic, it does not
take away nor add to one’s sense of spirituality. In fact the Bible says in
Joel 2:13 that worshipers of God are to rend their hearts and not their
garments and turn to the Lord.” Also in Psalm 66:18, we read that if we
regard iniquity in our hearts, the Lord will not hear our prayers. So you
see, it is a heart affair and not an outward physical thing that prepares
the atmosphere for an acceptable worship and service to God Almighty.
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46Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their places and
say, “We hear and we disobey,” and “Hear what is not heard,” and “raina”
with a twist of their tongues and a slander to faith. If only they had said,
“We hear and we obey,” and “Do hear,” and “Do look at us,” it would have
been better for them and more proper, but Allah has cursed them for their
unbelief, but few of them will believe.
47O you people of the book, believe in what We have revealed confirming
what was with you before. We change the face and fame of some for the
decision of Allah must be carried out.
48Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him, but He
forgives anything else to whom He pleases, to set up partners with Allah is
to devise a sin most heinous indeed.
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46Mina lazina Hadu yuharrifunal kalima an mawadiihi wa yaquluna samina wa
asaina wasma gaira musmiin wa raina layyam bi alsinatihim wa tanan fi dini
wa lau annahum qalu samina wa atana wasma wanzurna lakana khairal lahum wa
aqwama wa lakil laanahumullahu bi kufrihim fala yuminuna illa qalilan.
47Ya ayyuhal lazina utul kitaba aminu bima nazzalna musaddiqal lima maakum
min qabli an natmisa wujuhan fa naruddaha ala adbariha au nalanahum kama
laanna asuaba sabti wa kana amrullahi mafulan.
48Innallaha la yagfiru ayushraka bihi wa yagfiru ma duna zalika lima
yashau wa ma yushrik billahi fa qadiftara isman atiman.
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49Have you not turned your vision to those who claim sanctity for
themselves? No, but Allah sanctifies whom He pleases but never will they
fail to receive justice in the least little thing.
50Behold, how they invent a lie against Allah, but that by itself is a
manifest sin.13
51Have you not turned your vision to those who were given a portion of the
book? They believe in sorcery and evil and say to the unbelievers that they
are better guided in the way than the believers.
52They are those whom Allah has cursed, and those whom Allah has cursed
you will find have no one to help.
53Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing
to their fellow men.
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49Alam tara ilal lazina yuzakkuna anfusahum balillahu yuzakki ma yashau wa
la yuzlamuna fatilan.
50Unzur kaifa yaftaruna alallahil kaziba wa kafa bihi isman mubinan.
51Alam tara ilal lazina utu nasibam minal kitabi yuminuna bil jibti wa
taguti wa yaquluna lillazinakafaru haulai ahda mina lazina amanu sabilan.
52Ulaikal lazina laanahumullahu wa ma yalanillahu falan tajida lahu
nasiran.
53Am lahum nasibum minal mulki fa izal la yutunan nasa naqiran.
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13. The invented
lie has to do with the deity of Jesus Christ, which the Muslim sees as an
abominable lie and a fabrication about the person of Jesus Christ. But what
as we shall see throughout this commentary is that the reverse is rather true.
Muslims are in manifest error.
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54Or do they envy mankind for what Allah has given them of his bounty? But
We had already given the people of Abraham the book and wisdom and conferred
upon them a great kingdom.14
55Some of them believed and some of them averted their faces from him, and
enough is hell for a burning fire.
56Those who reject Our signs we shall soon cast into the fire, as often as
their skins are roasted through we shall change them for fresh skins that
they may taste the penalty, for Allah is exalted in power, wise.
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54Am yahsudunan nasa ala ma atahumullahu min fadlihi faqad ataina ala
Ibrahimal kitaba wal hikmata wa atainahum mulkan attiman.
55Fa minhum man amana bihi wa minhum man sadda anhu wa kafa bi jahannama
sairan.
56Inna lazina kafaru bi ayatina saufa nuslihim naran kullama
nadijatjuladuhum baddalnahum juludan gairaha layuazaqulazaba innallaha
kanaazizan hakiman.
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14. Who are the
people of Abraham and what was their kingdom? Yusuf Ali believes that the
Jews, not the Arabs, are the people of Abraham who were given the kingdom of
Israel. The preposterousity of this is in their claim for the prophethood of
Muhammad, citing the Ishmaelites as their ancestors when their own scholars
believe that the people of Abraham are the Jews.
According to the authors of Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum “The Sealed Nectar” which is the best biography of
Muhammad published in Saudi Arabia, there are three groups of Arabs only one
of this group are pure Arabs.
1. Perishing Arabs: The ancient Arabs, of
whose history little is known and of whom were ‘Ad, Thamud, Tasam, Jadis,
Emlaq, and others.
2. Pure Arabs: Who originated from the progeny of Ya’rub
bin Yashjub bin Qahtan. They were also called Qahtanian Arabs.
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3. Arabized Arabs: Who originated from the progeny of Ishmael. They were
also called ‘Adnanian Arabs.
Compounded by the fact that according to the same authors, Arab means
deserts and waste barren land well nigh waterless and treeless, it makes
identifying the truer Arabs a great psychological chore. So when a claim is
made for the Arabs as being the descendants of Ishmael, now you know how
false that can be.
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57And those who believe and do deeds of righteousness We shall soon admit
to gardens with rivers flowing beneath their eternal home, therein shall
they have companions pure and holy, We shall admit them to shades cool and
ever deepening.15
58Allah commands you to render back your trusts to those to whom they are
due, and when you judge between man and man that you judge with justice,
verily, how excellent is the teaching which He gives you, for Allah is he
who hears and sees all things.
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57Wallazina amanu wa amilu sualihati sanudkhiluhum jannatin min tahtihal
anharu khalidina fiha abadan lahum fiha azwajum mutahharahtuw wa nudkhiluhum
tillan tualilan.
58Innallaha yamurukum an tuaddul amanati ila ahliha wa iza hakamtum bainan
nasi an tahkumu bil adli innallaha niimma yaitukum bihi innalla kana samiam
basiran.
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15. The promise of
marriage even in heaven holds an attraction for men with insatiable sexual
appetite. The Muslims are promised women to their sexual satisfaction in
heaven.
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59O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the apostle and those charged
with authority among you. If you differ in anything among yourselves, refer
it to Allah and his apostle, if you believe in Allah and the last day, that
is best and most suitable for final
determination.16
60Have you not turned your vision to those who declare that they believe
in the revelations that have come to you and to those before you? Their wish
is to resort together for judgment to the evil one though they were ordered
to reject him. But Satan’s wish is to lead them astray far away.
61And when it is said to them, “Come to what Allah has revealed and to the
apostle,” you see the hypocrites avert their faces from you in disgust.
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59Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu atiullaha wa atiur rasula wa ulil amri minkum fa
in tanazatum fi shaiin fa rudduhu ilallahi wa rasuli in kuntum tuminuna
billahi wal yaumil akhiri zalika khairu wa ahsanu tawilan.
60Alam tara ilal lazina yazumuna annahum amanu bima unzila ilaika wa ma
unzila min qablika yuriduna anyatahakamu ila taguti wa qad umiru anyakfuru
bihi wa yuridu shaitani anyudillahum dalalam baidan.
61Wa iza qila lahum taalau ila ma anzalallahu wa ilar rasuli raaital
munafiqina yasudduna anka sududan.
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16. Muhammad is
made a final authority alongside Allah in all matters. That makes Muhammad
the equal of Allah. This is not so in Christianity or Judaism, God is The
Only Authority and His messengers act as ambassadors with only as much
authority as God delegates to them.
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62How then, when they are seized by misfortune because of the deeds which
their hands have sent forth? Then they come to thee swearing by Allah, “We
meant no more than good will and conciliation.”
63Those men Allah knows what is in their hearts, so keep clear of them but
admonish them and speak to them a word to reach their very souls.
64And We sent not an apostle but to be obeyed in accordance with the will
of Allah. If they had only when they were unjust to themselves come unto you
and asked Allah’s forgiveness and the apostle had asked forgiveness for
them, they would have found Allah indeed returning, merciful.
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62Fa kaifa iza asabathun musibatum bima qaddamat aidihim summa jauka
yahlifna billai in aradna illa ihsana wa taufiqan.
63Ulaika lazina yalamullahu ma fi qulubihim fa arid anhum wa izhum wa qul
lahum fi anfusihim qaulam baligan.
64Wa maa arsalna mi rasulin illa liyutaa bi iznillah wa lau annahum
italamu anfusahum jaauka fastagfarullaha wastagfara lahum rasulu
lawajadullaha tawwaba rahiman.
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65But no, by your Lord, they can have no faith until they make you judge
in all disputes between them and find in their souls no resistance against
your decisions but accept them with the fullest conviction.
66And if we had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their
homes, very few of them would have done it, but if they had done what they
were told, it would have been best for them and would have gone farthest to
strengthen them.
67And we should then have given them from our presence a great reward.
68And we should have shown them the straight way.17
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65Fala wa rabbika la yuminunahatta yuhakkimuka fima shajara bainahum summa
la yajidu fi anfusihim harajam mimma qadaita wa yusallimu tasliman.
66Wa lau anna katabna alaihim aniqtulu anfusakum awikhruju min diyarikum
ma faaluhu illa qalilun minhum wa lau annahum faala ma yuazuna bihi lakana
khairal lahum wa ashadda tasbitan.
67Wa izan laatainahum miladunna ajran timan.
68Wa lahada inahum sirata mustaqiman.
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17. The Straight
Way (Path) according to Muslims is “al Islam” which they claim will lead to
heaven when Muhammad had been told to say that he does not know what will be
done with him in the hereafter (Qur’an 46:9) and has pointed to Jesus Christ
as one whose followers will be exalted above the non followers until the Day
of Resurrection (Qur’an 3:55). Jesus Himself had said that He is the Way,
the Truth, and the life and that no man goes to the Father but through Him
(John 14:6). The Qur’an rather quaranteeing that every Muslim will go
through the fire of hell (Qur’an 19:71).
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69And all who obey Allah and the apostle are in the company of those on
whom is the grace of Allah, of the prophets, the sincere, the witnesses, and
the righteous, ah, what a beautiful fellowship.
70Such is the bounty from Allah, and sufficient is it that Allah knows
all.
71O you who believe, take your precautions and either go forth in parties
or go forth all together.
72And there are certainly among you men who would tarry behind, if a
misfortune befalls you, they say, “Allah did favor us in that we were not
present among them.”
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69Wa ma yutiillaha wa rasula fa ulaika maa lazina anamallahu alaihim mina
nabiyyina wa siddiqina wa shuhadai wa salihina wa hasuna ulaika rafiqan.
70Zalikal fadlu minallahi wa kafa billahi aliman.
71Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu khuzu hizrakum fanfiru subatin awinfiru jamian.
72Wa inna minkum lama layubatti anna fain asabatkum musibatun qala qad
anamallahu alayya iz lam akum maahum shahidan.
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73And if good fortune comes to you from Allah they would be sure to say as
if there had never been ties of affection between you and them. “Oh, I wish
I had been with them, a fine thing should I then have made of it.”
74Let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world
for the hereafter. To him who fights in the cause of Allah whether he is
slain or gets victory, soon shall We give him a great reward.
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73Walain asabakum fadlum minallahi layaqulanna ka allam takum bainakum wa
bainahu mawaddatu ya laitani kuntu maahum fa afuza fauzan attiman.
74Falyuqatil fi sabilillahil lazina yashrunal hayata dunya bil akhirahti
wa ma yuqatil fi sabilillahi fayuqtal au yaglib fasaufa nutihi ajran atiman.
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75And why should you not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who
being weak are ill treated? Men, women, and children, whose cry is, “Our
Lord! rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors, and raise for us
from you one who will protect, and raise for us from you one who will help.”
76Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah and those who reject faith
fight in the cause of evil, so fight against the friends of Satan, feeble
indeed is the cunning of Satan.18
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75Wa ma lakum la tuqatiluna fi sabilillahi wal mustadafina mina rijali wan
nisai walwildani lazina yaquluna rabbana akhrijna min hazihil qaryati
tualimi ahluha wajal lana mil ladunkawaliyyan wajal lana mil ladunka nasiran.
76Allazina amanu yuqatiluna fi sabilillahi wallazina kafaru yuqatiluna fi
sabilit taguti fa qatilu auliyaa shaitani inna kaida shaitani kana daifan.
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18. The call to
Al-Jihad comes with the promise of great reward. It is a call to take arms
against the non-Muslims who is considered an enemy of Allah and consequently
the Muslim.
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77Have you not turned your vision to those who were told to hold back
their hands but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When
the order for fighting was issued to them, behold, a section of them feared
men as or even more than they should have feared Allah, they say, “Our Lord,
why have you ordered us to fight? Would you not grant us respite to our term
near enough?” Say, “Short is the enjoyment of this world, the hereafter is
the best for those who do right, never will you be dealt with unjustly in
the very least.
78“Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers
built up strong and high.” If some good befalls them they say, “This is from
Allah,” but if evil they say “this is from you.” Say, “All things are from
Allah.” But what has come to these people that they fail to understand a
single
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77Alam tara ilallazina qila lahum kuffu aidiyakum wa aqimu sualata wa atu
zakahta falamma kutibaalaihimul qitalu iza fariqum minhum yakhshaunan nasa
ka khashyatillahi au ashadda khasyyahti wa qalu rabbana lima katabtaalainal
qitala lau la akhkhartana ila ajalin qaribin qul mataud dunya qalilun wal
akhiratu khairul limanittaqa wa la tutlamuna fatilan.
78Ainama takunu yudrikkumul mautu wa lau kuntum fi burujim mushayyadahtin
wa in tusibhum hasanatu yaqulu hazihi min indillahi wa in tusibhum sayyiatu
yaqulu hazihi min indika qul kullum min indillahi famali haulail qaumi la
yakaduna yafqahuna hadisan.
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19. This has been a
cause for great debate. Do all things, both good and bad come from God. As a
Christian I can only say that because God grants permission to Satan to test
us in our faith, all things come from Him. However, when we have endured
those trials and temptations, God is ready with absolute willingness to
parade us before Satan as His Priced possessions and to show him how much He
means to us. An example is the life Job in the Biblical book so called.
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79Whatever good happens to you is from Allah, but whatever evil happens to
you is from your soul. And We have sent you as an apostle to mankind, and
enough is Allah for a witness.
80He who obeys the apostle obeys Allah, but if any turn away We have not
sent you to watch over them.
81And they have obedience on their lips, but when they leave you, a
section of them meditate all night on things very different from what you
told them but Allah records their nightly plots, so keep clear of them and
put your trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.
82Do they not ponder on the Qur’an? Had it been from other than Allah they
would surely have found therein much discrepancy.20
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79Ma asabaka min hasanatin faminallahi wa ma asabaka min sayyiatin famin
nafsika wa arsalnaka linnasi rasulan wa kafa billahi shahidan.
80Ma yutiir rasula fa qad ataallaha wa man tawalla fama arsalnaka alaihim
hafituan.
81Wa yaquluna taahtun fa iza barazu min indika bayyata taifatum minhum
gairal lazi taqulu wallahu yaktubu ma yubayyituna fa aridanhum wa
tawakkalalallahi wa kafa billahi wakilan.
82Afala yatadabbarunal qurana wa lau kana min indi gairillahi lawajadu
fihikhtilafan kasiran.
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20.This is a self imposed acid test for the
acceptance of the Qur’an as the a revealed by Allah. The challenge is that
there are no incongruities, contradictions or discrepancies.
FACT: It is a known historical fact that the religion of Islam was founded
by Muhammad of Saudi Arabia. Allah denying this fact says that Abraham was a
Muslim (Qur’an 3:67)
at the same time, they claim that Muhammad is the first of the Muslims (Qur’an
6:162‑163). Now, if Abraham was a Muslim, and as the Muslim
claim, if all the prophets before Muhammad were Muslims, how can Muhammad be
the first of the Muslims?
FACT: In agreement
with the Bible, the Qur’an says in chapter
11:7 that the world was created
in six days. Which of the two accounts should we accept, if we accept one,
what should become of the other. If we should accept both then one is in
contradiction to the other.
FACT: The Qur’an teaches that prophets are
sinless, because their actions are always to the glory of Allah and they
follow that which Allah reveals to them (21:26‑7).
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However, a critical look
at the Qur’an reveals that almost all the prophets sinned and had to confess
their sins. Since Muhammad is the most revered of all prophets by Muslims,
let us look at what the Qur’an has to say about his sinfulness or sinlessness.
In Qur’an 40:55,
47:19,
48:1‑2, Muhammad was asked to confess
his sins. In playing down this accusation, Muslims often ask us to mention
the types of sins. Well. to this question, I have a rhetorical question,
would God ask a sinless prophet to confess his sins? What kind of God will
He be? However, since you really want to know, check this out.
Qur’an 33:36‑40, the incident between Zaid and Muhammad, when the prophet claimed
that God wanted him to marry the wife of his adopted son.
Qur’an 80:1‑2, the
story about Muhammad and the poor, blind old man whom Muhammad scorned. What
does Muhammad have to say for himself? The Hadith records that Muhammad used
to confess his sins, not the sin of his followers as the Muslims claim, but
his own.
Abu Huraira reported that Allah’s messenger...
used to observe
silence for a short while between the Takbir and the recitation of the
Qur’an. I said to him: Messenger of Allah, for whom I would give my father
and mother in ransom, what do you recite during your period of silence
between the Takbir and the recitation? He said: I say (these words) O Allah,
remove my sins from me as thou hast removed the east from the west. O Allah,
purify me from sins as a white garment is purified from filth, O Allah! Wash
away my sins with water, snow, and hail.” (Fiqh‑us‑Sunnah Fiqh 1.132a Shahi
Muslim page 295.)
FACT: The Qur’an in chapter
7:54 says that the world was created in six days, however, in
Qur’an 41:9‑12
we have a rendering of eight days:
Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye
join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds He set on the
(earth) Mountains standing firm high above it and bestowed blessings on the
earth and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due
proportion in four Days in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek
(sustenance). Moreover He Comprehended in His design the sky and it had been
(as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: “Come ye together willingly or
unwillingly.” They said: “We do come (together) in willing obedience.” So He
completed them as seven firmaments in two Days and He assigned to each
heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights and
(provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might
Full of knowledge.
The Qur’an has given us the basis for which to accept it, incidentally, it
has failed terribly. Based on the above, the Qur’an cannot be accepted as
the word of Allah. If it is not from Allah, who is it from?
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83And when there comes to them some matter touching safety or fear, they
divulge it. If they had only referred it to the apostle or to those charged
with authority among them, the proper investigators would have tested it
from them. Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah unto you, all but a
few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.
84Then fight in Allah’s cause, you are held responsible only for yourself
and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the
unbelievers, for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment.
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83Wa iza ja ahum amrum minal amni awil khaufi azau bihi wa lau radduhu ila
rasuli wa ila ulil amri minhum laalimahul lazina yasutamubitunahu minhum wa
lau la fadlullahi alaikum wa rahmatuhu lattaba tumu shaitana illa qalilan
84Fa qatil fi sabilillahi la tukallafu illa nafsaka wa harridil muminina
asallahu ayakuffa basallazina kafaru wallahu ashaddu basan wa ashaddu
tankilan.
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85And whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein,
and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burden, and
Allah has power over all things.
86And when a greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more
courteous of equal courtesy. Allah takes careful account of all things.
87Allah, there is no Allah but He, of a surety He will gather you together
against the day of judgment about which there is no doubt. And whose word
can be truer than Allah’s?
88Why should you be divided into two parties about the hypocrites? Allah
has upset them for their deeds. Would you guide those whom Allah has thrown
out of the way? For those whom Allah has thrown out of the way never shall
you find the way.21
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85Wa ma yashfa shafatan hasanata yakul lahu nasibum minha wa ma yashfa
shafaatan sayyiata yakul lahu kiflum minha wa kanallahu ala kulli shaiin
muqitan.
86Wa iza huyyitum bi tahiyyatin fa hayyu bi ahsana minha au rudduha
innallaha ala kulli shaiin hasiban.
87Allahu la ilaha illa huwa layajmaannakum ila yaumil qiyamati la raiba
fihi wa man asdaqu minallahi hadisan.
88Fama lakum fil munafiqina fiataini wallahu arkasahum bima kasabu
aturiduna an tahdu man adallallahu wa ma yudlilillahu falan tajida lahu
sabilan.
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21. This is more or less the Muslim idea of predestination, except
that it is not predestination but fatalism. In Islam it is not based on
God’s foreknowledge, rather it is based on God’s pre‑creation purpose for
all mankind. Muslims therefore believe that nothing will befall except that
which Allah has ordained.
As the following transmission shows, those who
will go to hell were made for hell before their birth, likewise those who
will go to heaven. Al‑Tirmidhi Hadith 119 narrated by AbudDarda’:
Allah’s
Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Allah created Adam when He had to create
him and He struck his right shoulder and there emitted from it white
offspring as if they were white ants. He struck his left shoulder and there
emitted from it the black offspring as if they were charcoal. He then said
(to those who had been emitted) from the right (shoulder): For Paradise and
I do not mind. Then He said to those (who had been emitted) from his left
shoulder: They are for Hell and I do not mind.
Sahih Al‑Bukhari Hadith 9.606
narrated by Abu Huraira:
“The Prophet said, “Adam and Moses debated with
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other and Moses said, ‘You are Adam who turned out your offspring from
Paradise.’ Adam said, ‘You are Moses whom Allah chose for His Message and
for His direct talk, yet you blame me for a matter which had been ordained
for me even before my creation?’ Thus Adam overcame Moses.”
Sahih Al‑Bukhari
Hadith 8.276 narrated by Ali:
The Prophet said, “Hatib has told you the
truth, so do not say to him (anything) but good.” ‘Umar bin Al‑Khattab said,
“Verily he has betrayed Allah, His Apostle, and the believers! Allow me to
chop his neck off!” The Prophet said, “O ‘Umar! What do you know; perhaps
Allah looked upon the Badr warriors and said, ‘Do whatever you like, for I
have ordained that you will be in Paradise.’ “ On that ‘Umar wept and said,
“Allah and His Apostle know best.”
According to Romans 8:29‑30 predestination is based on God’s foreknowledge
and not his pre‑creative purpose.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to
be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and
whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also
glorified”.
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89And they wish that you should reject faith as they do and thus be on the
same footing, but take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the
way of Allah. But if they turn renegades seize them, and slay them wherever
you find them, and take no friends or helpers from their ranks.22
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89Waddu lau takfuruna kama kafaru fa takununa sawaan fala tattakhizu
minhum auliyaa hatta yuhajiru fi sabilillahi fa in tawallau fakhuzuhum
waqtuluhum haisu wajattumuhum wa la tattakhizu minhum waliyyan wa la nasiran.
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22. In the economy of Muslim philosophy, Muslims are not to become
friends with non‑Muslim because they will attempt to convert them from their
Islamic ways. The Islamic agenda is to dominate the whole world with Islam,
even if it means killing the unbelievers as this verse indicates.
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90Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty or
those who approach you with hearts restraining them from fighting you as
well as fighting their own people. If Allah had pleased, He could have given
them power over you and they would have fought you, therefore if they
withdraw from you but fight you not and send you peace, then Allah has
opened no way for you.
91Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as that
of their people, every time they are sent back to temptation they succumb
thereto, if they withdraw not from you nor give you peace besides
restraining their hands, seize them and slay them. Wherever you get them, in
their case, We have provided you with a clear argument against them.
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90Illal lazina yasiluna ila qaumim bainakum wa bainahum misaqun au jaukum
hasirat suduruhum ayuqatilukum au yuqatilu qaumahum wa lau shaallahu
lasallatahum alaikum falaqatalukum fa initazalukum falam yuqatilukum wa
alqau ilaikumu salama fama jaalallahu lakum alaihim sabilan.
91Satajiduna akharina yuriduna anyamanukum wa yamanu qaumahum kulla ma
ruddu ilal fitnati urkisu fiha fa illam yatazilukum wa yulqu ilaikumu salama
wa yakuffu aidiyahum fa khuzuhum waqtuluhum haisu saqiftumuhum wa ulaikum
jaalna lakum alaihim sultanam mubinan.
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92And never should a believer kill a believer, but if it so happens by
mistake, compensation is due, if one kills a believer, it is ordained that
he should free a believing slave and pay compensation to the deceased’s
family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at
war with you and he was a believer the freeing of a believing slave is
enough. If he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual
alliance compensation should be paid to his family and a believing slave be
freed. For those who find this beyond their means a fast for two months
running is prescribed, by way of repentance to Allah, for Allah has all
knowledge and all wisdom.23
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92Wa ma kana limuminin anyaqtula muminan illa khatan wa man qatala muminan
khataan fa tahriru raqabatim muminahtin wa in kana min qaumim bainakum wa
bainahum misaqun fadiyatum musallamatun ila ahlihi wa tahriru raqabatim
muminahtin famal lam yajid fa siyamu shahraini mutatabiaini taubatam
minallahi wa kanallahu aliman hakiman.
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23. The sanctity of life in Islam is limited, one is at liberty to
kill anybody and for any reason at all, however it is not permitted for a
Muslim to a fellow Muslim, except in cases of friendly fire.
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93And if a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is hell to
abide therein, and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him and a
dreadful penalty is prepared for him.
94O you who believe, when you go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate
carefully and say not to anyone who offers you a salutation. “You are none
of a believer.” Coveting the perishable goods of this life, with Allah are
abundant profits and spoils. Even thus were you yourselves before till Allah
conferred on you His favors, therefore carefully investigate for Allah is
well aware of all that you do.
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93Wa ma yaqtul muminan mutaammidan fa jazauhu jahannamu khalidan fiha wa
gadiballahu alaihi wa laanahu wa aadda lahu azaban atiman.
94Ya ayyuhal lazina amanu iza darabtum fi sabilillahi fa tabayyanu wa la
taqulu liman alqa ilaikumu salama lasta muminan tabtagunaaradal hayati dunya
faindallahi maganimu kasirahtun kazalika kuntum min qablu fa mannallahu
alaikum fa tabayyanu innallaha kana bima tamaluna khabiran.
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95Not equal are those believers who sit at home and receive no hurt and
those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their
persons. Allah has granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with
their goods and persons than to those who sit at home, unto all has Allah
promised good, but those who strive and fight has He distinguished above
those who sit at home by a special reward.
96Ranks specially bestowed by Him and forgiveness and mercy. For Allah is
forgiving, merciful.
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95Layastawil qaiduna minal muminina gairu ulid darari wal mujahiduna fi
sabilillahi bi amwalihim wa anfusihim faddalallahul mujahidina bi amwalihim
wa anfusihim alal qaidina darajahtan wa kulla waadallahul husna wa
faddalallahul mujahidinaalal qaidina ajuran attiman
96Darajatim minhu wa magfiratan wa rahmahtan wa kanallahu gafuran rahiman.
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97When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls,
they say, “In what were you?” They reply, “Weak and oppressed were we in the
earth.” They say, “Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to
move yourselves away?” Such men will find their abode in hell, what an evil
refuge.
98Except those who are really weak and oppressed, men, women, and
children, who have no means in their power nor a guide post to direct their
way.
99For these there is hope that Allah will forgive, for Allah blots out
sins and forgive again and again.
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