The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 654
CH. 33 AL-AḤZĀB PT. 22 وَمَنْ يَقْنُتْ مِنْكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ But whoever of you is. 32 obedient to Allah and His Messenger and works, We shall give her her وَتَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا نُّؤْتِهَا أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ does good reward twice over; and We have prepared for her an honourable provision. 3098 وَاعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيمًا يُنِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِنِ O wives of the Prophet! you. 33 are not like any other women if اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ you are righteous. So be not soft الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفَان ;is a disease should feel tempted in speech, lest he in whose heart and speak a decent speech. 3099 وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ And stay in your houses. 34 with dignity, and do not show الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلوةَ وَاتِينَ off yourselves like the showing rectitude or a thing excessively evil; anything forbidden by God, unseemly conduct; also avarice or niggardliness in the payment of Zakāh (Aqrab). See also 2:170 & 4:16. Commentary: reward would also be double. 3098. Commentary: The masculine gender of the verb من is used because of the subject يقنت which is invariably followed by a verb in the masculine gender. 3099. Commentary: The wives of the Holy Prophet are here enjoined to preserve the dignity of their very exalted position and to conduct themselves with due propriety and decorum while talking to members of the opposite sex. The words "the punishment would be doubled to her" signify, that if they hankered after physical comforts, which in reality is the significance of the word abused in the verse, they would be setting a very bad example, and as wives of the Holy Prophet whose example was bound to be followed by other women they would be incurring a grave responsibility and would, therefore, deserve double punishment. On the other hand, if they were devoted to God and His Messenger and had set a noble example for others to copy, their softness. 2568 By implication all Muslim women are included in this injunction. They are expected to be kind and gentle in speech but their gentleness should not be misunderstood by any evilly- inclined person for pliancy and