Al-Baqarah 2:225
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لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغۡوِ فِيٓ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ قُلُوبُكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٞ ٢٢٥
Allāh does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.1
1 translator’s note
- Overlooking many violations, postponing penalty and granting opportunities for repentance and rectification despite having the power to punish immediately. ↩
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Commentary on 2:225
نہیں مؤاخذہ کرے گا تمھارا اللہ اوپر لغو قسموں میں تمھاری، لیکن وہ مؤاخذہ کرے گا تمھارا ان پر جن کا قصد کیا تمھارے دلوں نے،اور اللہ بخشنے والا بڑا بردبار ہے(225)
[225] یعنی اللہ تعالیٰ ان لغو قسموں پر تمھارا مؤاخذہ نہیں کرتا جو تمھاری زبان سے نکلتی رہتی ہیں اور بندہ بغیر کسی قصد اور ارادے کے قسمیں کھاتا رہتا ہے اور یوں ہی اس کی زبان سے بلاقصدقسمیں نکل جاتی ہیں، مثلاً وہ بات چیت میں بار بار کہتا ہے ’’اللہ کی قسم! نہیں‘‘ اور ’’ہاں! اللہ کی قسم‘‘! وغیرہ۔ یا جیسے وہ کسی گزرے ہوئے معاملے میں حلف اٹھاتا ہے جس کے بارے میں وہ اپنے آپ کو سچا سمجھتا ہے۔ البتہ اس قسم پر مؤاخذہ ہو گا جو دل سے کھائے گا۔ یہ آیت کریمہ اس بات پر دلالت کرتی ہے کہ جس طرح مقاصد افعال میں معتبر ہوتے ہیں اسی طرح اقوال میں بھی مقاصد کا اعتبار ہو گا۔ ﴿ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوۡرٌ ﴾ اللہ تعالیٰ اس شخص کو بخش دیتا ہے جو توبہ کے ذریعے سے اس کی طرف لوٹتا ہے ﴿ حَلِيۡمٌ ﴾ جو شخص اس کی نافرمانی کرتا ہے وہ اس کے بارے میں بہت حلم سے کام لیتا ہے اور اس کو سزا دینے میں عجلت سے کام نہیں لیتا ،بلکہ اپنے حلم کی بنا پر اس کی پردہ پوشی کرتا ہے اور اس پر قدرت رکھنے اور اپنے سامنے ہونے کے باوجود اس سے درگز کرتا ہے۔
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2:225
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغۡوِ فِيٓ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ قُلُوبُكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٞ ٢٢٥
Allāh does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.1
1 translator’s note
- Overlooking many violations, postponing penalty and granting opportunities for repentance and rectification despite having the power to punish immediately. ↩
2:226
لِّلَّذِينَ يُؤۡلُونَ مِن نِّسَآئِهِمۡ تَرَبُّصُ أَرۡبَعَةِ أَشۡهُرٖۖ فَإِن فَآءُو فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٢٢٦
For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives1 is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
1 translator’s note
- Without divorcing them. By such an oath the woman is deprived of her right in marriage but is not free to marry another. She may not be kept in such a condition beyond the four-month limit. ↩
2:227
وَإِنۡ عَزَمُواْ ٱلطَّلَٰقَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٢٧
And if they decide on divorce - then indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
2:228
وَٱلۡمُطَلَّقَٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصۡنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٖۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكۡتُمۡنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِيٓ أَرۡحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤۡمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ إِنۡ أَرَادُوٓاْ إِصۡلَٰحٗاۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثۡلُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيۡهِنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيۡهِنَّ دَرَجَةٞۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٢٢٨
Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods,1 and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation.2 And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable.3 But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
3 translator’s notes
Either menstrual periods or periods of purity between menstruation. See also 65:1-7.
[87] The husband may return her to himself during the ʿiddah period of a first and second divorce without a new marriage contract.
[88] The wife has specific rights upon her husband, just as the husband has rights upon her.
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2:229
ٱلطَّلَٰقُ مَرَّتَانِۖ فَإِمۡسَاكُۢ بِمَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ تَسۡرِيحُۢ بِإِحۡسَٰنٖۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَأۡخُذُواْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّآ أَن يَخَافَآ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِۖ فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِمَا فِيمَا ٱفۡتَدَتۡ بِهِۦۗ تِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَعۡتَدُوهَاۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٢٢٩
Divorce is twice. Then [after that], either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allāh.1 But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allāh, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allāh, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh - it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].
1 translator’s note
- i.e., deal fairly with each other. ↩
2:230
فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوۡجًا غَيۡرَهُۥۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَتِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٣٠
And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him.1 And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand].
1 translator’s note
- With the intention of permanence, not merely in order to return to the previous husband. ↩