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35 Guidance of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) ‘Allah the Exalted has thus drawn attention of both husband and wife t o their respective obliga tions: ؕ ََ ہُّن ََ لِبَاس ٌ لََکُّم ۡ و َ اَنۡتُّم ۡ لِبَاس ٌ لََہُّن ‘…They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them…’ (2:188). That is, it is the responsibility of both to cover each other’s faults. The Holy Qur’an expounds the uses of garment as a so urce of covering nakedness, secondly as a source of embellishment and thirdly as a protection from hot and cold weather. Thus when a man and a woman commit themselves to the union of marriage in accordance with a pact, their utmost efforts should be to ac cept each other and also cover each other’s shortcomings. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 3 April 2009 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 24 April 2009 )