Men are Protectors and Maintainers of Women (L-538)
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ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ فَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٌ لِّلْغَيْبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُ
34a. |
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34a.
‘Ar-rijaalu qawwaa-muuna ‘alan-nisaaa-‘i bimaa
fazzalAllaahu ba’-zahum ‘alaa ba’-zinw-wa
bimaaa ‘anfaquu min ‘am-waalihim. Fas-Saalihaatu
qaa-nitaatun haafi-zaatul-lil-gaybi bimaa hafi-zAllaah. |
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34a.
Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, as God has given some of
them an advantage over others, and because they spend out of their wealth.
The good women are obedient, guarding what God would have them guard. |
Qawwaamuuna – (In charge, caretakers, and governors). This word’s singular is Qawwaam, which has been derived from Qayyaam. There may be two aiming meanings of this word:
1. The ruler and the monitor.
2. The person, who provides surety, guarantee and security.
Many religious interpreters have described the meaning of qawwaamuuna ‘alan-nisaaa-‘i as ‘the Sponsoring and providers of livelihood to the women, and their protectors.
Grades of men and women have been mentioned in this verse and it has been described that the men are senior to the women. Therefore, due to difference of their both grades, the difference will also be concerning themselves and this difference depends entirely on wisdom. Women and men are not equal. If the women wish equality and balance with the men, then it will be totally improper and unreasonable. God has appointed the men to look after the women, in charge of them and their caretakers. Following reasons have been described about the excellence of the men:
· The man has been bestowed excellence over the woman. This excellence is with regard to carnal and spiritual, as well as knowledge and practice too.
· The men spend their wealth on the women. They are responsible to provide them money or its value incumbent on the husband, daily food, clothes, expenses of maintenance, necessities of life, for affairs of housekeeping and at every time of exigency etc.
Two responsibilities of good-natured women have been described in Noble Quran:
1. They obey their men.
2. In the absence of husband, they protect themselves and preserve the wealth of their husbands according to the order of God, that is to say; they keep the duties of their married state and do not embezzle in the right of their husband.
In the modern period, echo of mutual equation between men and
women has been rising by the people of new (false) illuminated (modern)
countries. The women have been claiming equality of the men. For us, this verse
of Holy Quran renders good service of flambeau of the way. In
addition, such western nations have been observing the vicious results of their
civilization with their open eyes. Instead of following such nations blindly,
our duty is to get advice from this verse of Noble Quran and
produce a pattern for others.
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