The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 378
CH. 2 AL-BAQARAH no 236. And there shall be blame on you in throwing out a b PT. 2 وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ hint regarding a proposal of عَلِمَ اللهُ أَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُ ونَهُنَّ وَلكِنْ لَّا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَبُ اَجَلَهُ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ. except that you say a fair word الله يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُ marriage to these women or in keeping the desire hidden in your minds. Allah knows that you will think of them in this connection. But make not a contract with them in secret, And resolve not on the marriage tie until the prescribed period in full. gives both the meanings ascribed to 3, and ¿, (waffa) above. means, he took something in full, as they say i. e. he got or obtained his right in full. E of the remarriage of divorced women, the Quran in this verse proceeds to issue commandments regarding widows. The i. e. the period of awaiting in the case of widows, is four months and ten days which roughly corresponds to four alternate periods of menstruation and purity combined. Islam has prescribed a longer period in the case of a widow as a mark of respect for her feelings at the death of her husband and has thus added to the means, God took away the soul of Zaid, leaving the body behind; God caused Zaid to die. means, his soul was taken away, i. e. he died. In this case God is (mutawaffi) and the man who dies is (mutawaffa). means, death (Aqrab). The Quran. dignity and sanctity of the marriage tie | الله يتوفى الانفس حين موتها والتى لم تمت في منامها :says i. e. God takes away the souls of men This verse also implies a rebuke to at the time of their death; and He those who are opposed to widow also takes away the souls of men that remarriage, thinking it to be an insult have not died, during their sleep to the family and a disgrace to the (39:43). The Arabic idiom, which has widowed woman. The words, what is the support of the Quranic usage, fair, show that it is not only lawful, definitely shows that wherever God is but preferable and desirable, for a J (i. e. subject) and a being having a widow to remarry. The words, in soul is ɖ ♫ (i. e. object) the word anything that they do with regard to invariably means, the taking away of themselves, obviously refer to the soul. remarriage. Elsewhere the Quran says, And marry your widows به Commentary: After having dealt with the question (24:33). 378