LESSON # 473
FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Due To Fear Of Injustice, One Should Marry One
Surah NISAAA’ (WOMEN) - Chapter - 4)
Verse
– 3 of 176, Section –1/24 (Part – 4)
And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by
the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four;
but if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the
captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will
not do injustice.
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Wa ‘in khiftum
‘allaa tuq-situu fil-yataamaa fan-kihuu
maa taaba lakum-minan-nisaaa-‘i masnaa
wa sulaasa wa
rubaa’. Fa-‘in khiftum
‘allaa ta’-diluu fawaa-hidatan ‘aw
maa malakat ‘aymaanukum. Zaalika
‘adnaaa ‘allaa ta-‘uu-luu.
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Lesson
‘aymaanun - (right hands), it is plural of yamiin which means ‘the right hand’.
Whenever any person catches any thing, he catches it usually with his right
hand. Therefore, to disclose complete grip of the hand (possession) upon
anything, it is said in Arabic idioms, “His right hand is Master of that thing.”
That is to say, “he has complete and strong hold on it, for example slave and maid
etc.
In this part of the verse, special attention has
been drawn towards the orphans because there is none ordinarily to care for
them. They can be victim of tyranny by any cruel person easily. If you marry the
orphan girls, that should not be for the purpose of desire, greed and to take
possession of wealth, but that should be only for their interest and benefit.
And if it is difficult to escape from these uncomely affairs, then let the
orphan girls remain in their own circumstances and marry some other woman. And
if you wish, you can marry who seem good to you, two or three or four. In this
case, you have to be more careful to do justice between them. If you cannot do
justice to so many wives then marry one only or the maid (captive) that your
right hands possess, sustain upon her only. That is nearer to justice.
It is important to understand particularly two or
three matters in connection with this verse:
1. Firstly, if you fear that you will not deal
fairly by the orphan girls then do not marry them. However, you can marry even
four other women.
2. Secondly, fundamental condition for marrying more
than one is that you would have to establish justice between the wives (which
is a very much difficult matter to do so as it has been described at another
place also in this chapter).
3. Thirdly, if you have fear that you would not be able
to do justice and equality between the wives then you should be satisfied with
the captive woman only.
It means that the matrimony more than one is not
open and common but that is bound with the condition of justice.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated
Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif).
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