The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 192
PT. 4 CH. 4 19. There is no AN-NISA' of repentance for those who وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ acceptance السَّيَّاتِ حَتَّى إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ continue to do evil until, when الْمَوْتُ قَالَ اِنّى تُبْتُ النَ وَلَا الَّذِينَ death faces one of them, he يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُولَيْكَ اَعْتَدُنَا those who die disbelievers. It is لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا يَايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا says, 'I do repent now;" "nor for these for whom We have prepared a painful punishment. 20. O ye who believe! it is not lawful for you to inherit women النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا against their will; nor should بِبَعْضٍ مَا أَتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ you detain them wrongfully that you may take away part of that بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ which you have given them except that they be guilty of a فَإِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا flagrant evil; and consort with شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللهُ فِيْهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيران them in kindness; and if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing wherein Allah has placed much good. 499 وَإِنْ أَرَدْتُمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ And if you desire to take. 21 one wife in place of another and زَوْجٍ وَأَتَيْتُمْ إِحْدُهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا you have given one of them a a2:62; 3:92; 47:35. See 4:16. º2:217. repentance may be accepted of any person, if he sincerely repents before death actually overtakes him. 499. Commentary: Men become heirs of women against their will in various ways: (1) A man does not like his wife and does not treat her well, yet he does not divorce her, hoping to possess her property after her death; (2) He treats 632 his wife harshly and compels her by ill-treatment to obtain separation (khula) from him by giving him a part or whole of her property, or by surrendering her dowry; (3) The relations of the deceased husband of a widow prevent her from marrying another husband in order to get possession of her property after her death; (4) They force her to marry someone from among themselves