Surah An Nisa Ayat 19 Tafseer

Para 4 - لَنْ تَنَالُوا

سورة النساء

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

4.19

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا یَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَآءَ كَرْهًاؕ-وَ لَا تَعْضُلُوْهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوْا بِبَعْضِ مَاۤ اٰتَیْتُمُوْهُنَّ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّاْتِیْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَیِّنَةٍۚ-وَ عَاشِرُوْهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِۚ-فَاِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوْهُنَّ فَعَسٰۤى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوْا شَیْــٴًـا وَّ یَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ فِیْهِ خَیْرًا كَثِیْرًا(19)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

O you who believe! It is not permissible for you to become inheritors of women by force;[1] and do not confine the women so that you take part of the bridal gift (mahr) you gave them except if they commit an act of clear indecency. And live with them in harmony; then if you do not like them, it is possible that there is something which you dislike and Allah places therein goodness in abundance.

Commentary

Before Islam, it was a custom of the Arabs to even become heirs of the wives of their relatives (widowed), then if they desired, they would marry them without giving a bridal gift, or they would marry them to others and take possession of their bridal gifts, or they would not let them marry others keeping them confined so they give the wealth they attained in inheritance as a ransom for their freedom, or they would confine these women so that they become inheritors after the women die. These women were completely helpless and powerless and hence this verse was revealed to eradicate this custom.

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