O Muslims - 3

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Excerpts from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

172. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum waoshkuroo lillahi in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoona

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2:172. O those who believe! Eat of good, clean and wholesome food We have provided you with. And be grateful to Allah, if Him it is you worship.²⁸⁰

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280. ….. And, good, clean and wholesome (tuayyibaat) food is obviously that which promotes physical, mental and moral health. A little reflection should convince any believer that the Creator has not only created all the creatures but has also made adequate provisions for their sustenance. To name just one among countless such provisions is the wonderful phenomenon of the water cycle in Nature. But for the rains, most creatures would starve to death. And, despite all the technological progress, failure of rainfall in even a single year could ruin the economy of most countries. Believers would therefore be failing in their duty, if they do not feel sincerely grateful to their Lord for all the elaborate arrangements He has made for their sustenance.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 28^th of February 2020.

Rights of Divorced Women

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

241. Walilmutallaqati mataAAun bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

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241. And the divorced women have a right to proper and reasonable maintenance. Providing such maintenance is an obligation upon those who fear Allah.⁴⁵⁹

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459. As for the widows, so for the divorced women. The kind Lord of all has made adequate provisions for all, especially the vulnerable section of human society. It's largely because of intransigence, excesses, and generally unjust behaviour on the part of human beings themselves that bring about sufferings in this world.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 1^st of September 2017.