The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 303
PT. 2 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلى It is made lawful for you to. 188 ط نِسَا بِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a لَهُنَّ عَلِمَ اللهُ اَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ garment for them. Allah knows اَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْ that you have been acting ج unjustly to yourselves, فَالْنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ wherefore He has turned to you with mercy and afforded you لَكُمْ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ relief. So you may now go in الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ unto them and seek what Allah has ordained for you; and eat الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا القِيَامَ إِلَى الَّيْلِ وَلَا and drink until the white thread ۚ becomes distinct to you from Then complete the fast till تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنْتُمْ عَكِفُونَ فِي. the black thread of the dawn الْمَسْجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللهِ فَلَا nightfall and do not go in unto تَقْرَبُوهَا كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ التِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ them while you remain in the mosques for devotion. These are the limits fixed by Allah, so approach them not. Thus does Allah make His commandments clear to men that they may become secure against evil. 194 him in the next; or (c) He will ward | 194. Important Words: off a like evil from him" (Bukhārī). The Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement says: "God treats His servants like friends. A friend would sometimes accept the request of his friend and would sometimes expect him to accept his will. So does God. But even when God seemingly rejects the prayer of a believer, He is very often acting in his interests" (Haqiqat, p. 19). | 303 going in unto) has a number of) رفت it meanings: amatory talk, kissing, caressing, embracing, compressing, coition, etc. ; in fact, everything that a man desires of his wife. When is followed by the preposition means, coition or going in unto one's wife, and it is in this sense that the word has been used here. also means, immodest, foul and lewd talk or speech (Lane).