The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 284
PT. 28 AT-TAHRIM E CH. 66 قَدْ فَرَضَ اللهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَانِكُمْ Allah has indeed allowed to. 3 you the dissolution of your وَاللهُ مَوْلَكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ oaths, and Allah is your Friends and He is All-Knowing, Wise. 4279 4. And when the وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ Prophet confided a matter unto one of it, and Allah informed him of it he made known to her part حَدِيثًا فَلَمَّا نَبَّاتْ بِهِ وَأَظْهَرَهُ اللهُ his wives and she then divulged عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْ بَعْضٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا نَبَّاهَا بِهِ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنْبَاكَ thereof, and avoided mentioning هذَا قَالَ نَبَّانِيَ الْعَلِيْمُ الْخَبِيرُ part of it. And when he informed her of it, she said, 'Who has informed thee of it?' He said, 'The All-Knowing, the All-Aware God has informed me. ' 4280 high position as a Prophet of God and to make excessive demands on thee. " The alleged incident of Mariah, the Copt, being too foolish and fantastic a concoction of Christian writers and lacking all reliable historical evidence, does not merit serious notice. Mary was the Holy Prophet's wedded consort and the respected mother of the Faithful. The Prophet never kept a slave girl. 4279. Commentary: The Holy Prophet had severely taken to heart his wives' demand for amenities of life, and in order to show his extreme displeasure had sworn to keep away from them for one month. The verse under comment prescribes that a lawful thing does not become unlawful to a person merely by his 3180 swearing not to use it. In such a contingency he is required only to expiate his broken oath. 4280. Commentary: It is difficult to say to what particular incident the present verse in fact refers. The reference which seems to be supported by the context may be to the incident described by A'ishah herself, which is to this effect: When verse 33:29 was revealed, giving the Holy Prophet's wives a choice between his companionship and separation from him, by way of a reply to their demand for a life of comfort and ease, the Prophet first of all, broached the matter with 'A'ishah (Bukhārī, Kitābul-Mazālim wal Ghaṣb). The Holy Prophet appears to have taken