Benefits from Surah an-Nisaa
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٍ۬
وَٲحِدَةٍ۬
“and from him (Adam)
He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)]” [4:1]
Here the word Kha – la – Qa (خلق)
has been used to mean “create”.
Whereas elsewhere the word Ja – ‘a – la (جعل)
has been used:
وَجَعَلَ مِنۡہَا زَوۡجَهَا
“It is He Who has
created you from a single person (Adam), and (then) He has created from him his
wife [Hawwa (Eve)]” [7:189]
The difference between the two is that Ja – ‘a – la doesn’t necessarily
mean create, rather Ja – ‘a – la means that it was decreed that both spouses be
from the same species.
[TN: this is an important point as the Jahmiyyah and the Mu’tazilah use
the words خلق and جعل to prove that the Quraan is created]
مُحۡصَنَـٰتٍ غَيۡرَ
مُسَـٰفِحَـٰتٍ۬ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَٲتِ أَخۡدَانٍ۬ۚ
“they (the above said
captive and slave-girls) should be chaste, not adulterous, nor taking
boy-friends” [4:25]
This Aayah describes a characteristic which is imperative before one
marries – chastity (whether one marries Muslim, Jew or Christian).
However the onus of chastity is not on the woman alone, rather the same
applies to the man:
مُحۡصِنِينَ غَيۡرَ مُسَـٰفِحِينَ
وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخۡدَانٍ۬ۗ
“chastity
(i.e. taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual
intercourse, nor taking them as girl-friends” [5:5]
Therefore, both of these Aayat combines shows that chastity is essential
before marrying from both parties.
and Allaah Knows best.
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