Page 32 - An Index to the Qur'an

who still have no awareness of women’s private will be your shelter. You will have no helpers.’
parts. Nor should they stamp their feet so that (29:25)
their hidden ornaments are known. Turn to Allah Among His Signs is that He created spouses for
every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you you of your own kind so that you might find tran-
will have success. (24:31) quillity in them. And He has placed affection and
As for women who are past child-bearing age compassion between you. There are certainly
and no longer have any hope of getting married, Signs in that for people who reflect. (30:21)
there is nothing wrong in their removing their
outer clothes, provided they do not flaunt their AFFLUENT
adornments; but to refrain from doing so is better When We desire to destroy a city, We send a
for them. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. command to the affluent in it and they become
(24:60) deviant in it and the Word is justly carried out
They will enter Gardens of Eden where they will against it and We annihilate it completely. (17:16)
be adorned with gold bracelets and pearls, and But then when We seize the affluent among them
where their clothing will be of silk. (35:33) with the punishment, they will suddenly start
We have adorned the lowest heaven with the praying fervently. (23:64)
beauty of the planets. (37:6) Those of you possessing affluence and ample
In two days He determined them as seven heav- wealth should not make oaths that they will not
ens and revealed, in every heaven, its own man- give to their relatives and the very poor and those
date. We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps who have migrated in the way of Allah. They
and guarded it. That is the decree of the Almighty, should rather pardon and overlook. Would you
the All-Knowing. (41:12) not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-
We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps Forgiving, Most Merciful. (24:22)
and made some of them stones for the Satans for We never sent a warner into any city without the
whom We have prepared the punishment of the affluent people in it saying, ‘We reject what you
Blaze. (67:5) have been sent with.’ (34:34)
Similarly We never sent any warner before you to
ADVICE any city without the affluent among them saying,
He (Satan) swore to them, ‘I am one of those who ‘We found our fathers following a religion and we
give you good advice.’ (7:21) are simply following in their footsteps.’ (43:23)
A man came running from the furthest part of the
city, saying, ‘Musa, the Council are conspiring to AGREEMENT
kill you, so leave! I am someone who brings you Mothers should nurse their children for two full
good advice.’ (28:20) years–those who wish to complete the full term of
nursing. It is the duty of the fathers to feed and
AFFECTION clothe them with correctness and courtesy–no
You will find that the people most hostile to those self is charged with more than it can bear. No
who believe are the Jews and the idolaters. You mother should be put under pressure in respect of
will find the people most affectionate to those her child nor any father in respect of his child.
who believe are those who say, ‘We are The same duty is incumbent on the heir. If the
Christians.’ That is because some of them are couple both wish weaning to take place after mu-
priests and monks and because they are not arro- tual agreement and consultation, there is nothing
gant. (5:82) wrong in their doing that. If you wish to find wet-
He (Ibrahim) said, ‘You have adopted idols apart nurses for your children, there is nothing wrong in
from Allah as tokens of mutual affection in this your doing that provided you hand over to them
world. But then on the Day of Rising you will re- what you have agreed to give with correctness
ject one another and curse one another. The Fire and courtesy. Have fear of Allah and know that
30