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reward. (33:35) though their beauty might be pleasing to you,
When Allah and His Messenger have decided with the exception of any you own as slaves.
something it is not for any man or woman of the Allah is watchful over all things. (33:52)
believers to have a choice about it. Anyone who They incur no blame in respect of their fathers or
disobeys Allah and His Messenger is clearly mis- their sons or their brothers or their brothers’ or
guided. (33:36) sisters’ sons, or their women or any slaves they
When you said to him whom Allah has blessed own. Have fear of Allah. Allah is witness of all
and you yourself have greatly favoured, ‘Keep things. (33:55)
your wife to yourself and have fear of Allah,’ And those who abuse men and women who are
while concealing something in yourself which believers, when they have not merited it, bear
Allah wished to bring to light, you were fearing the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing.
people when Allah has more right to your fear. (33:58)
Then when Zayd divorced her We married her to O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and
you so that there should be no restriction for the the women of the believers to draw their outer
believers regarding the wives of their adopted garments closely round themselves. This makes it
sons when they have divorced them. Allah’s more likely that they will be recognised and not
command is always carried out. (33:37) be harmed. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
You who believe! When you marry believing Merciful. (33:59)
women and then divorce them before you have This was so that Allah might punish the men and
touched them, there is no waiting period for you women of the hypocrites, and the men and
to calculate for them, so give them a gift and let women of the idolaters, and turn towards the
them go with kindness. (33:49) men and women of the believers. Allah is Ever-
O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:73)
wives to whom you have given dowries and any Allah created you from dust and then from a drop
slavegirls you own from the booty Allah has al- of sperm and then made you into pairs. No fe-
lotted you and the daughters of your paternal un- male becomes pregnant or gives birth except
cles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and with His knowledge. And no living thing lives
the daughters of your maternal uncles and the long or has its life cut short without that being in
daughters of your maternal aunts who have mi- a Book. That is easy for Allah. (35:11)
grated with you and any believing woman who The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoy-
gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires ing themselves today, they and their wives reclin-
to marry her: exclusively for you as opposed to ing on couches in the shade. (36:55-56)
the rest of the believers–We know very well what There will be dark-eyed maidens with them, with
We have prescribed for them regarding their eyes reserved for them alone, just like closely
wives and any slavegirls they possess–in order guarded pearls. (37:48-49)
that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever- When We rescued him (Lut) and all his
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:50) family–except an old woman among those who
You may refrain from any of them you will and stayed behind. (37:134-135)
keep close to you any of them you will. And if So inquire of them: does your Lord have daugh-
you desire any you have left alone, there is noth- ters while they themselves have sons? (37:149)
ing wrong in that. This makes it more likely they Has He chosen daughters over sons? (37:153)
will be comforted and not be grieved, and all of He created you from a single self, then produced
them will be content with what you give them. its mate from it, and sent down livestock to
Allah knows what is in your hearts. Allah is All- you–eight kinds in pairs. He creates you stage by
Knowing, All-Forbearing. (33:51) stage in your mothers’ wombs in a threefold
After that no other women are lawful for you nor darkness. That is Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is
may you exchange them for other wives, even His. There is no god but Him. So what has made
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