Reference to Allah {God} in the masculine, although Allah our Lord is neither male nor female...
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Today we live in a world and during a time when everything is being turned inside out or flipped in opposition to truth leaning towards falsehood. The liar is trusted and the trust worthy discredited. Everything that is prohibited {gay marriage & adoption for example out of the many} is made permissible by leaders, while even the roles of gender are being challenged under an even more progressive feminist revolution; a male decadence of masculinity, and a forgotten hierarchy that orientates upon the creed of creation & our responsibilities/ purpose. All of such matters & issues have been the decieveing tactics of the grand deciever as he and his workers from Man & Jinn work to ready his long awaited arrival. Of course, before he arrives the world has to be made ready for his deceit. We are witnessing the system(s) of Ad’Dajjal Prior to his coming out Al-Messiah Ad’Dajjal {The deceiver or Anti-Christ}, ..His influence is all around us from politics, to individually loved opinions...calling humanity off the land to gather now in never before mega-cities, destroying the independence and self-sufficiency of the human being to a course of servitude and surrender.
Perhaps the roles of gender would be the most fundamental aspect to focus on since we are essentially divided into two parts (male/female). This would by its own conclusive understanding aide to alleviate many of the issues we combat in society, but nothing ever seems to change positively but rather just worsens. Maybe now its time to look at the roots of the tree instead of just clipping the branches that have died...
Quran 4:1
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another [for mutual rights], and the wombs [that bore us/ our mothers]. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
From this particular verse the relationship of orientation is set upon the creation of man then his companion [woman], created as a gift to remain the heavenly portion of pleasure still experienced in worldly life despite our worldly bodies & bodies of paradise will differ...nonetheless Allah establishes his creation of man & woman from one soul by whom he [Allah] created himself [1st Man/ 1st Woman] and the lot of us afterwards come via the conception of our parents, which is made mention of in being mindful of Allah in how we act in accordance to our women & the women who carried us through pregnancy.
Today’s modern world of secularism (removal of Allah/God from daily aspects of living & governance. So what is the reality of the modern age? In what direction is it moving? Well first lets define the word Modern: Modern= adjective= relating to the present or recent as opposed to the remote past; (noun)> a person or system which advocates or practices a departure from traditional styles or values...
Ad’Dajjal /Anti-Christ is the advocate that is moving humanity away from the traditions sent down by Allah through his holy ,trusted, spirit Jabriel a.s. (Gabriel) who reveals scripture to the prophets/messengers.
وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muhammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe. [Quran 16:64]
Holy Quran 2:221------------------
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
Homosexuallity is one such motivated action that has sparked an entire revolution with consentual adult(s) reforming societal norms according to this new culture...Even going as far to say,” people are born homosexual” or in the case of two reproductive organs (born with both male and female genitalia). These arguments when used to justify their inward desires, i suppose fell upon shallow thoughts of understanding theses issues. Nonetheless, the most simple of understandings is that homosexuality is not pro-life/ pro-creation...therefore, if one is the opposition of life itself doesn’t that put it logically to bed? In addition, two sets of genitalia doesn’t mean one who is born like such is able to choose his/her sex...No! In fact, just because both sets of genitalia are present doesn’t mean they both are in working order. Only one of the two sets works as a reproductive organ, thus giving physical evidence as to the sex of this person. However, the psychological affects are then entrusted to the parents to find out which is the working organ and then raise that s child accordingly. This responsibility also mirrors what the prophet s.a.w said about the creation of the human being in the womb of his/her mother...
“On the authority of Abu Abdul Rahmaan Abdullah ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he is the truthful, the believed, narrated to us: Verily, each of you is brought together in his mother’s abdomen for forty days in the form of a drop of fluid. Then it is a clinging object for a similar [period]. Thereafter, it is a lump looking like it has been chewed for a similar [period]. The angel is then sent to him/her and he breathes into him/her their spirit. He [the angel who delivers the soul] is also commanded to issue four decrees: to record his sustenance, his life span, his deeds and [whether he will be] unhappy [by entering Hell] or happy [by entering Paradise]. I swear by Allah, other than whom there is no God, certainly one of you will perform the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is between him and Paradise except an arm’s length, and then what has been recorded will overtake him and he shall perform the deeds of the people of Hell and enter it. And, certainly, one of you will definitely perform the acts of the people of Hell until there is not between him and Hell except an arm’s length and then what has been recorded for him will overtake him and he shall perform the deeds of the people of Paradise and enter it.” (Recorded in Bukhari and Muslim)
So what is it to be male? Why so many issues surrounding gender today? Well perhaps it all derives from a very gravely mistake/misunderstanding about who Allah is and what we are in relationship to him...
Quran 42:11
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فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
In other religions, God has gender [God’s male & Goddess’s female] and from these concepts it is the male who defines who the female is. Only in Islam is Allah without gender; thus he has preserved the definition of male & female unto himself as he has created both. Today this arguement has progressed to the concept of God as being both male & female, maybe its an effort to appease many feminists who objective to the slightest, unintentional comments. Furthermore, it has also been these alterations that have given untruthful but convincing rebuttals by gays who have sought to justify what has always been an abomination & death to pro-creation.
Perhaps the roles of gender would be the most fundamental aspect to focus on since we are essentially divided into two parts (male/female). This would by its own conclusive understanding aide to alleviate many of the issues we combat in society, but nothing ever seems to change positively but rather just worsens. Maybe now its time to look at the roots of the tree instead of just clipping the branches that have died...
Quran 4:1
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another [for mutual rights], and the wombs [that bore us/ our mothers]. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
From this particular verse the relationship of orientation is set upon the creation of man then his companion [woman], created as a gift to remain the heavenly portion of pleasure still experienced in worldly life despite our worldly bodies & bodies of paradise will differ...nonetheless Allah establishes his creation of man & woman from one soul by whom he [Allah] created himself [1st Man/ 1st Woman] and the lot of us afterwards come via the conception of our parents, which is made mention of in being mindful of Allah in how we act in accordance to our women & the women who carried us through pregnancy.
Today’s modern world of secularism (removal of Allah/God from daily aspects of living & governance. So what is the reality of the modern age? In what direction is it moving? Well first lets define the word Modern: Modern= adjective= relating to the present or recent as opposed to the remote past; (noun)> a person or system which advocates or practices a departure from traditional styles or values...
Ad’Dajjal /Anti-Christ is the advocate that is moving humanity away from the traditions sent down by Allah through his holy ,trusted, spirit Jabriel a.s. (Gabriel) who reveals scripture to the prophets/messengers.
وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muhammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe. [Quran 16:64]
Holy Quran 2:221------------------
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
Homosexuallity is one such motivated action that has sparked an entire revolution with consentual adult(s) reforming societal norms according to this new culture...Even going as far to say,” people are born homosexual” or in the case of two reproductive organs (born with both male and female genitalia). These arguments when used to justify their inward desires, i suppose fell upon shallow thoughts of understanding theses issues. Nonetheless, the most simple of understandings is that homosexuality is not pro-life/ pro-creation...therefore, if one is the opposition of life itself doesn’t that put it logically to bed? In addition, two sets of genitalia doesn’t mean one who is born like such is able to choose his/her sex...No! In fact, just because both sets of genitalia are present doesn’t mean they both are in working order. Only one of the two sets works as a reproductive organ, thus giving physical evidence as to the sex of this person. However, the psychological affects are then entrusted to the parents to find out which is the working organ and then raise that s child accordingly. This responsibility also mirrors what the prophet s.a.w said about the creation of the human being in the womb of his/her mother...
“On the authority of Abu Abdul Rahmaan Abdullah ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he is the truthful, the believed, narrated to us: Verily, each of you is brought together in his mother’s abdomen for forty days in the form of a drop of fluid. Then it is a clinging object for a similar [period]. Thereafter, it is a lump looking like it has been chewed for a similar [period]. The angel is then sent to him/her and he breathes into him/her their spirit. He [the angel who delivers the soul] is also commanded to issue four decrees: to record his sustenance, his life span, his deeds and [whether he will be] unhappy [by entering Hell] or happy [by entering Paradise]. I swear by Allah, other than whom there is no God, certainly one of you will perform the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is between him and Paradise except an arm’s length, and then what has been recorded will overtake him and he shall perform the deeds of the people of Hell and enter it. And, certainly, one of you will definitely perform the acts of the people of Hell until there is not between him and Hell except an arm’s length and then what has been recorded for him will overtake him and he shall perform the deeds of the people of Paradise and enter it.” (Recorded in Bukhari and Muslim)
So what is it to be male? Why so many issues surrounding gender today? Well perhaps it all derives from a very gravely mistake/misunderstanding about who Allah is and what we are in relationship to him...
Quran 42:11
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فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
In other religions, God has gender [God’s male & Goddess’s female] and from these concepts it is the male who defines who the female is. Only in Islam is Allah without gender; thus he has preserved the definition of male & female unto himself as he has created both. Today this arguement has progressed to the concept of God as being both male & female, maybe its an effort to appease many feminists who objective to the slightest, unintentional comments. Furthermore, it has also been these alterations that have given untruthful but convincing rebuttals by gays who have sought to justify what has always been an abomination & death to pro-creation.
So, If Allah is without gender...Why is he always referring to himself in the masculine? Defining himself always in the masculine and never in the femine; taken out of context or add-lived by modern progressive groups that argue otherwise that Allah is both man and women thinking it will even the equality between men and women in worldly life.
So why then in the masculine? The angels as well are neither male nor female...nonetheless, Allah gives them names of Masculinity. Even the names of Pagan Idols where named in the masculine by polytheist, who would then give femine names to anything attributed to Allah in order to weaken his attributes, by which humanity knows & understands or Lord & creator...
Quran 53:19
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?[two idols]
Quran 53:20
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وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
And Manat, the third - the other one?[idol]
Holy Quran 53:21
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أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you [pagan men] and for Him [Allah] the female?
Holy Quran 53:22
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تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That, then, is an unjust division. [Allah calls this unjust because he has created man, and man then attributes to himself strength by the male, and attributes weakness to Allah by the female].
Quran 53:23
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
So why then in the masculine? The angels as well are neither male nor female...nonetheless, Allah gives them names of Masculinity. Even the names of Pagan Idols where named in the masculine by polytheist, who would then give femine names to anything attributed to Allah in order to weaken his attributes, by which humanity knows & understands or Lord & creator...
Quran 53:19
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?[two idols]
Quran 53:20
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وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
And Manat, the third - the other one?[idol]
Holy Quran 53:21
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أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you [pagan men] and for Him [Allah] the female?
Holy Quran 53:22
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تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That, then, is an unjust division. [Allah calls this unjust because he has created man, and man then attributes to himself strength by the male, and attributes weakness to Allah by the female].
Quran 53:23
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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
Among the companions of the prophet s.a.w the women would ask the prophet s.a.w, “why does Allah only to refer to the men and not the women”. So, after the question was asked, Allah sent Jabril a.s. {Gabriel} to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w with this verse: Quran 33:35
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَٱلْمُسْلِمَٰتِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلْخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَٱلْحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
This is further explained by these verses:
Quran 33:36
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وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ۗ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًا مُّبِينًا
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter [what is in revelation and sunnah of prophet s.a.w], that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.
Quran 9:71
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وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Quran 9:72
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وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِى جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Allah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allah is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.
However, isn’t ironic that again today women are asking a similar question in regards to reward? In this case, the worldly reward, in which the day has to become like the night in order to compare what many think are rights...but again are really duties of our respective natures. Just today (September 11, 2018) this particular ponderence came to mind...Allah says he created Adam a.s from his own hands, Quran 4:1
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
Holy Quran 4:1
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O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
And the creation of Adam a.s as the first human being (man) was such a thing, that Allah ordained the angels to prostrate before Adam a.s as a show of respect and indicates the blessing/ rank of man that Allah was intending... Quran 7:11
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.
Unfortunately, man {men & women} now seek means to honour by worldly means, which comes nothing close to the cosmic honour Allah has ranked man with within his creation that far exceeds the worldly limits we have reduced this honour too. In addition, the man nor the woman honour one another within these same sacraments...If Allah, the creator has honoured man, then why is it that mankind has selected ownership on whom they will choose to honour or not? Then I started to contemplate the way Allah said he created Adam a.s Quran 3:59
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إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.
Same as he created E’sa ibn Mariam a.s {Jesus} who was the only other human being created by the hand of Allah in the opposite fashion {without masculine intervention, hers feminine intervention} than our mother Hawah a.s {Eve}...because he was a man he is still referred to in his creation as “dust” or “dirt”. But, when it comes to woman, she is not referred to by the “dirt”, instead she is said to have come out from the one soul {Adam a.s}.
Allah created Adam from a handful of soil containing portions from all its varieties on Earth. Angels were sent to earth to collect the soil that was to become Adam. It was red, white, brown, and black; it was soft and malleable, hard and gritty; it came from the mountains and the valleys; from infertile deserts and lush fertile plains and all the natural varieties in between. The descendants of Adam were destined to be as diverse as the handful of soil from which their ancestor were created; all have different appearances, attributes and qualities that resemble closely the same physical characteristics of the soil in which they came. But Hawah {Eve} woman was a mercy and a gift to man...She was created from man to be a gift to him and his tranquility Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Quran 2:187
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أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٰٔنَ بَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
I picked that particular verse because fasting is a strenuous act physically, mentally and spiritually...therefore Allah shows us again his mercy and purpose that the man & woman have in honouring each other through the purpose of our creation. The word “Clothing” in English takes away from its more profound meaning in Arabic, which the word “clothing” tries to translate to by its more metaphoric symbolisms...This “clothing” in short is the completion of a man or a woman when they have married and settled. This “clothing” is the mental, physical and spiritual covering that a man & woman support each other with by the duties of our natures. Another interesting note, is that of the two ends of what we call “a day”...the thread of dawn we see at the separation of night and again at the covering of day by the night...Spectacular horizons and backdrops of our sunset and sunrises. As too, man and woman in their coming together in night and before separation of dawn; man & woman have a spiritual & physical intimacy that is just as beautiful when our lives are lived and we are married according to the divine intentions that constitute our existence. Truly, when both {man & woman} live according to this constitution of our creator, and part in the dawn and come together again at sunset...each parting is comforted by the excitement of coming together again. In addition, the conversations and bonding is also in accordance to natures and so we are better able to more affectively be a source of tranquility and protection for each other. Today, both men and women carry out the same task, thus coming together is nothing but physical {until taken for granite}, and lacks the longevity of the spiritual connection. I have often been told, by women guest, “I feel very protected, comforted, and peaceful” during my visits in your home. I mention that only as living example and to the merit of its truth. The same is true in the opposite...I know of women who are single moms and they are forced out into the workforce...some of these working women are then obliged to take on manly roles and or work around the vulgarity of men, and thus when they return home they are trying to unwind in the same ways men are trying to relax...The feminine aspect is completely striped away. The same could be said also about men who stay home all day...Women, even if they have to take on masculine roles would still expect a male to show more masculinity than themselves, which is why women in these situations often taunt those men who lack motivation.
Therefore, “the rib” is the substance by which Hawah a.s {Eve} is referred. Man created from the substance of dirt, works the land {as that translates in correlation to modern work}, is inspired, builds, fortifies, and protects...while the woman is created from the “rib” which references humanity, the curved and supportive rib that supports humanities heart by protecting it and other vital operation that sustain life from the outside world, the supportive rib who keeps humanity up-right as it conjoins to the spine in co-contributing erect posture, and the supportive rib who collaberately works together in unison with other ribs that creates a stronger cage {community} around humanity protecting the soundness of faith, morality, and purity...
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَٱلْمُسْلِمَٰتِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلْخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَٱلْحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
This is further explained by these verses:
Quran 33:36
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وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ۗ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًا مُّبِينًا
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter [what is in revelation and sunnah of prophet s.a.w], that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.
Quran 9:71
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وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Quran 9:72
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وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِى جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Allah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allah is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.
However, isn’t ironic that again today women are asking a similar question in regards to reward? In this case, the worldly reward, in which the day has to become like the night in order to compare what many think are rights...but again are really duties of our respective natures. Just today (September 11, 2018) this particular ponderence came to mind...Allah says he created Adam a.s from his own hands, Quran 4:1
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
Holy Quran 4:1
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O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
And the creation of Adam a.s as the first human being (man) was such a thing, that Allah ordained the angels to prostrate before Adam a.s as a show of respect and indicates the blessing/ rank of man that Allah was intending... Quran 7:11
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.
Unfortunately, man {men & women} now seek means to honour by worldly means, which comes nothing close to the cosmic honour Allah has ranked man with within his creation that far exceeds the worldly limits we have reduced this honour too. In addition, the man nor the woman honour one another within these same sacraments...If Allah, the creator has honoured man, then why is it that mankind has selected ownership on whom they will choose to honour or not? Then I started to contemplate the way Allah said he created Adam a.s Quran 3:59
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إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.
Same as he created E’sa ibn Mariam a.s {Jesus} who was the only other human being created by the hand of Allah in the opposite fashion {without masculine intervention, hers feminine intervention} than our mother Hawah a.s {Eve}...because he was a man he is still referred to in his creation as “dust” or “dirt”. But, when it comes to woman, she is not referred to by the “dirt”, instead she is said to have come out from the one soul {Adam a.s}.
Allah created Adam from a handful of soil containing portions from all its varieties on Earth. Angels were sent to earth to collect the soil that was to become Adam. It was red, white, brown, and black; it was soft and malleable, hard and gritty; it came from the mountains and the valleys; from infertile deserts and lush fertile plains and all the natural varieties in between. The descendants of Adam were destined to be as diverse as the handful of soil from which their ancestor were created; all have different appearances, attributes and qualities that resemble closely the same physical characteristics of the soil in which they came. But Hawah {Eve} woman was a mercy and a gift to man...She was created from man to be a gift to him and his tranquility Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Quran 2:187
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أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٰٔنَ بَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
I picked that particular verse because fasting is a strenuous act physically, mentally and spiritually...therefore Allah shows us again his mercy and purpose that the man & woman have in honouring each other through the purpose of our creation. The word “Clothing” in English takes away from its more profound meaning in Arabic, which the word “clothing” tries to translate to by its more metaphoric symbolisms...This “clothing” in short is the completion of a man or a woman when they have married and settled. This “clothing” is the mental, physical and spiritual covering that a man & woman support each other with by the duties of our natures. Another interesting note, is that of the two ends of what we call “a day”...the thread of dawn we see at the separation of night and again at the covering of day by the night...Spectacular horizons and backdrops of our sunset and sunrises. As too, man and woman in their coming together in night and before separation of dawn; man & woman have a spiritual & physical intimacy that is just as beautiful when our lives are lived and we are married according to the divine intentions that constitute our existence. Truly, when both {man & woman} live according to this constitution of our creator, and part in the dawn and come together again at sunset...each parting is comforted by the excitement of coming together again. In addition, the conversations and bonding is also in accordance to natures and so we are better able to more affectively be a source of tranquility and protection for each other. Today, both men and women carry out the same task, thus coming together is nothing but physical {until taken for granite}, and lacks the longevity of the spiritual connection. I have often been told, by women guest, “I feel very protected, comforted, and peaceful” during my visits in your home. I mention that only as living example and to the merit of its truth. The same is true in the opposite...I know of women who are single moms and they are forced out into the workforce...some of these working women are then obliged to take on manly roles and or work around the vulgarity of men, and thus when they return home they are trying to unwind in the same ways men are trying to relax...The feminine aspect is completely striped away. The same could be said also about men who stay home all day...Women, even if they have to take on masculine roles would still expect a male to show more masculinity than themselves, which is why women in these situations often taunt those men who lack motivation.
Therefore, “the rib” is the substance by which Hawah a.s {Eve} is referred. Man created from the substance of dirt, works the land {as that translates in correlation to modern work}, is inspired, builds, fortifies, and protects...while the woman is created from the “rib” which references humanity, the curved and supportive rib that supports humanities heart by protecting it and other vital operation that sustain life from the outside world, the supportive rib who keeps humanity up-right as it conjoins to the spine in co-contributing erect posture, and the supportive rib who collaberately works together in unison with other ribs that creates a stronger cage {community} around humanity protecting the soundness of faith, morality, and purity...
Allah has sent 124,000 prophets who were all men...Why? Another term used is “Imam”
Quran 2:124
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۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."
Quran 3:84
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قُلْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ
Say, "We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting= Islam] to Him."[the creator]
Quran 6:84
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وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا ۚ وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
Quran 6:85
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وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.
Quran 6:86
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وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.
Holy Quran 6:87
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وَمِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖ وَٱجْتَبَيْنَٰهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.
Holy Quran 6:88
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ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۚ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah [1st commandment], then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
Holy Quran 6:89
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ۚ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ فَقَدْ وَكَّلْنَا بِهَا قَوْمًا لَّيْسُوا۟ بِهَا بِكَٰفِرِينَ
Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture and authority and prophethood. But if the disbelievers deny it, then We have entrusted it to a people who are not therein disbelievers.
Quran 2:124
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۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."
Quran 3:84
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قُلْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ
Say, "We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting= Islam] to Him."[the creator]
Quran 6:84
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وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا ۚ وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
Quran 6:85
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وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.
Quran 6:86
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وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.
Holy Quran 6:87
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وَمِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖ وَٱجْتَبَيْنَٰهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.
Holy Quran 6:88
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ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۚ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah [1st commandment], then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
Holy Quran 6:89
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ۚ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ فَقَدْ وَكَّلْنَا بِهَا قَوْمًا لَّيْسُوا۟ بِهَا بِكَٰفِرِينَ
Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture and authority and prophethood. But if the disbelievers deny it, then We have entrusted it to a people who are not therein disbelievers.
As-Salah (the prayer) Lead only by men
The prophet s.a.w order the women while making sajda (prostration) in the masajid to remain in sajda a few seconds longer so that upon rising the men would have already recovered themselves and their garments covering themselves so the women wouldn’t see anything from the men inappropriate from the men in front of them. This particular Hadith also establishes that women in addition to their homes are allowed to pray in masajid; 2nd it establishes that women should pray behind the men in the masajid {not in a separated annex or in the basement or in a loft...but behind the last row of men.
The best row for the men is the first row, and the worst row is the last. While the best row for the women is the last row, and the worst is the first row due to its proximity to the men. This physical closeness is the distraction that takes part between sexes and during the prayer we know that our hearts and minds should be focused on Allah, thus this is why closeness to the opposite sex is regarded the worst rows for men/women. If the women were in front of the men or even on either side of the men, this of course would cause major distractions and therefore the sincerity of the prayer would weaken. If ensued, then the sincerity of the prayer would leave altogether and then the prayer or those masajid allowing this would become a havens of promiscuities. This is already the case in many church gatherings, where the church is now used to meet and pickup single women and vice-a-versa.
The prophet s.a.w order the women while making sajda (prostration) in the masajid to remain in sajda a few seconds longer so that upon rising the men would have already recovered themselves and their garments covering themselves so the women wouldn’t see anything from the men inappropriate from the men in front of them. This particular Hadith also establishes that women in addition to their homes are allowed to pray in masajid; 2nd it establishes that women should pray behind the men in the masajid {not in a separated annex or in the basement or in a loft...but behind the last row of men.
The best row for the men is the first row, and the worst row is the last. While the best row for the women is the last row, and the worst is the first row due to its proximity to the men. This physical closeness is the distraction that takes part between sexes and during the prayer we know that our hearts and minds should be focused on Allah, thus this is why closeness to the opposite sex is regarded the worst rows for men/women. If the women were in front of the men or even on either side of the men, this of course would cause major distractions and therefore the sincerity of the prayer would weaken. If ensued, then the sincerity of the prayer would leave altogether and then the prayer or those masajid allowing this would become a havens of promiscuities. This is already the case in many church gatherings, where the church is now used to meet and pickup single women and vice-a-versa.
Marriage is ordained by Allah
Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Marriage is a sacred covenant between and man & woman ordained by Allah and intended for paradise...Marriage itself is the portion of paradise that still remains with us in worldly life; but instead of understanding the complete institution of marriage, we have now focused ourselves on the material gains & physical perceptions of lust in obtaining a worldly paradise, which has in turn diminished the sacred and replaced it with our lowly desires which has manifested into diminished trust and societal breakdown of family life both micro & macro.
After Judgement day, the prophet s.a.w has explained we will be reunited with our earthly spouses in Jannah “paradise”; however, this reuniting is only for those of us who enter jannah... Is not for those who are hell-bound because in Jahanam (Hell) the punishment is so great, its occupants are only occupied with the suffering of themselves.
Far better than our worldly suggestions & descriptions of physical beauty etc. Our arrangements are described by Allah in Quran along the basis of companionship, although the prophet s.a.w said, “our spouses beauty in jannah is beyond comprehension. A man might spend 40yrs just staring at his wife’s beauty in jannah because he has eternity and no concept of time exists”.
Quran 36:55
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إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَٰكِهُونَ
Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -
Quran 36:56
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هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ
They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
Quran 36:57
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لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ
For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]
Quran 36:58
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سَلَٰمٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ
[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.
Perhaps companionship is of higher regard because we are now complete [having entered jannah (paradise) insha’allah ta’Ala] and the physiological desires of worldly life have been removed from our new creation [bodies created for paradise] that would have otherwise left us insecure & obsessed. Sakun or tranquility is therefore the state of jannah, thus we should seek to obtain tranquility in worldly life from a life partner who would enable that, which is the weighty efforts in making the best “choices in a spouse”.
Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Quran 2:36
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فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you, which means all generations that will proceed from Adam and his wife Eve (Hawah) and the Jinn whom Satan is from], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."
Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Marriage is a sacred covenant between and man & woman ordained by Allah and intended for paradise...Marriage itself is the portion of paradise that still remains with us in worldly life; but instead of understanding the complete institution of marriage, we have now focused ourselves on the material gains & physical perceptions of lust in obtaining a worldly paradise, which has in turn diminished the sacred and replaced it with our lowly desires which has manifested into diminished trust and societal breakdown of family life both micro & macro.
After Judgement day, the prophet s.a.w has explained we will be reunited with our earthly spouses in Jannah “paradise”; however, this reuniting is only for those of us who enter jannah... Is not for those who are hell-bound because in Jahanam (Hell) the punishment is so great, its occupants are only occupied with the suffering of themselves.
Far better than our worldly suggestions & descriptions of physical beauty etc. Our arrangements are described by Allah in Quran along the basis of companionship, although the prophet s.a.w said, “our spouses beauty in jannah is beyond comprehension. A man might spend 40yrs just staring at his wife’s beauty in jannah because he has eternity and no concept of time exists”.
Quran 36:55
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إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَٰكِهُونَ
Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -
Quran 36:56
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هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ
They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
Quran 36:57
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لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ
For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]
Quran 36:58
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سَلَٰمٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ
[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.
Perhaps companionship is of higher regard because we are now complete [having entered jannah (paradise) insha’allah ta’Ala] and the physiological desires of worldly life have been removed from our new creation [bodies created for paradise] that would have otherwise left us insecure & obsessed. Sakun or tranquility is therefore the state of jannah, thus we should seek to obtain tranquility in worldly life from a life partner who would enable that, which is the weighty efforts in making the best “choices in a spouse”.
Quran 2:35
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وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Quran 2:36
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فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you, which means all generations that will proceed from Adam and his wife Eve (Hawah) and the Jinn whom Satan is from], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."
Men and women have different functions...because we are functionally different herein lies the source of our inequality. Men are obligated to maintain women {protect them, and provide for them}.
Quran 4:34
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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 ۚ وَٱلَّٰتِى تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّا كَبِيرًا
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.
- Let’s paint a more relevant picture...the verse clearly says, “wives from which you fear arrogance.” Arrogance here translates to violent, and verbally or physically provoking towards their husbands. These types of women are a danger to themselves as well as their husbands, which brings about the divine ordination of admonition. However, striking doesn’t mean strike them in the sense of abuse, but rather it means to grab, firmly resistance or restrain them in their arrogant advances until calmness can once again be acquired, which is why the verse says, “if they obey you [once more], seek no means [further] against them [in restraint]. The Arabic is so much more richer in context and so the English often takes things out of context in translation, which is a condition to how previous revelations eventually were lost through translation until nothing remains of its original origins...Furthermore “obey” shouldn’t be taken in the context of master/slave, but rather its a mutual sharing of rights that both the husband and wife swear to fulfill through the sacred bonds of marriage...
Unfortunately, this is one of the verses that the orientalist constantly seek in supporting their own claims against Islam and use to discredit the validity & divine revelation of the Quran. Blessed is the Prophet s.a.w whom the Quran was revealed; he (s.a.w.) explained that striking here doesn’t mean striking as it is perceived...rather, If the wife is defiant and does not obey her husband {which more so means dutiful} or does not guard his rights {both have rights over one another...sincerity, gentleness, intimacy, financial, social, maintenance care, inheritance etc.}. Three measures have been mentioned, but it does not mean that all the three are to be carried out at the same time. Although these have been permitted, they are to be administered with a sense of proportion according to the nature and extent of the offence. If a mere light admonition proves effective, there is no need to resort to a severer step. As to a beating, the Prophet s.a.w allowed it very reluctantly and even then did not like it... But the fact is that there are certain women who do not mend their ways without a beating. In such a case, the Prophet s.a.w has instructed that she would not be beaten on the face, or cruelly, or with anything which might leave a mark on the body... Many women & corrupt men will read these parameters and immediately disagree because they fail to see the deeper wisdoms in the importance of family & keeping women pure who teach the children, which is a functional difference that women have over men. Psychological studies also help to dignify & explain that the psychological state of the mother during the incubation period of the fetus/child, all influence the temperament of the child...Therefore, one verse used in isolation isn’t enough to combat the orders and wisdoms of our creator and the intended deeper explanations of the prophet s.a.w of which these revelations were bestowed upon.
The moral and religious condition of the people of the Book {those who received previous revelations...Christians & Jews} has been reviewed to teach lessons to the Muslims and to forewarn them to refrain from following in their footsteps. The conduct of the hypocrites has been criticized and the distinctive features of hypocrisy and true faith have been clearly marked off to enable the Muslims to distinguish between the two. This Surah {chapter} is to teach the Muslims the ways that unite a people and make them firm and strong. Introductions for the stability of family, which is the nucleus of community have been given. Then they have been urged to prepare themselves for defense. Side by side with these, they have been taught the importance of the propagation of Islam. Above all, the importance of the highest moral character in the scheme of consolidation of the Community has been impressed. In order to inculcate the right spirit for the observance of rules and regulations. The Muslims have been enjoined to show generosity to all around them and to be free from meanness, selfishness, stinginess of mind, because this is essential for the consolidation of the Communities. The ways of the purification of mind and body for the offering of Salat {prayer} have been taught because it plays the most important part in every scheme of moral and social reform; Then they have been enjoined {the muslims} to place their trusts and offices of trust in the custody of honest and qualified persons, and to do what is just and right, and to obey Allah and His Messenger {obey the commands in revelation} and those among themselves entrusted with the conduct of their affairs and to turn to Allah and His Messenger for the settlement of their disputes {turning the the divine laws}. As such an attitude and behavior alone can ensure consolidation & accountability, they {Muslims} have been strongly warned that any deviation from this path will lead to their disintegration. Who can deny the disintegration of the muslim community along with the that of the general community at large, which is now being heavily influenced intentionally by western-culture?
Quran 10:67
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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ
Quran 92:4
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Indeed, your efforts are diverse. He who made for you the night to rest therein and the day, giving sight. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.
Quran 17:12
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا
And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.
Quran 21:33
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
Quran 25:47
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.
Quran 28:73
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وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.
Then there comes the comparison to men & women in reference to the divinely ordained actions and purpose of the night and day...
Quran 92:1
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it covers
Quran 92:2
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And [by] the day when it appears
Quran 92:3
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وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
And [by] He who created the male and female,
Quran 92:4
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Indeed, your efforts are diverse...
In similar fashion, Allah has created male & female as he indebted the night and day. Each has its function which compliments & hands off to the other, but neither seeks to overcome or exceed the limits of their purpose. We are functionally different, and this is not intended to be changed for it is the sunnah {tradition} of the Creator.
Both Men & Women are connected to the functions of the day in terms of work/livelihood for men, and the duties of women in the home with or without children. Although modernity suggest women should be allowed into the public life, and furthermore into political roles of leadership. This is the manifestation of the night trying to overcome the limits of the day...Thus Allah has made it obligatory for women to be obiedient to the men in charge of their care...be it father, brother, uncle, or husband as long as they don’t instruct them to actions that Allah has prohibited. Obedience is not suggestive towards superiority but rather an ingredient of cohesion upon the man and the family unit. The functional role of men requires the obedience of woman, but the Dajjal {anti-christ and his system} says this is discriminatory and has set the stage for the feminine revolution to take place. Men & Women are created equal but we are not equal in duties, ability or purpose. How can we be when we are created to function differently?
The new philosophy that men & women are equal, and what men do women should be allowed to do. The pursuit of the day trying to become the night. The feminist revolution advocates women becoming like men so they can carry out the functions that men do. This is obviously, although its a more subtle perception today. When you see any woman in male roles of physical jobs, the women take on a more masculine demeanour...in the corporate world business attire of pants-suits, foul language, sexual innuendos &provocative behaviour persist...All of such changes are the manifestations of causes & effects of the conscious changes that have taken place, which has also changed the perception of marriage. In prior decades, men & women would often marry young, have kids who would then grow to marry because of their parents examples and have kids of their own as well. Three generations living together causes inter-generational bonds that also help to stabilize the family. The veneration of the elders is law abiding wisdoms that keeps the family strong, united and proud. This in turn is the building block of society, so when the family is attacked, the social order is essentially being attacked. As families expand the discipline helps the parents...Families join to make tribes and tribes build nations...
Thus, Allah refers to himself in the masculine because of the social order of hierarchy he has ordained...he is the maintainer and sustainer of all creation.
Writings of Sayyar Isma’il 2018
”So called gods of the Earth”