QURAN CHAPTER - 60
Al-Mumtahanah - She that is to beExamined
Revealed - Madinan
Ruku - 2
Ayat - 13
Theme - This Surah has 3 parts;
- The first part consists of verses: 1-9, and the concluding verse 13 also relates to it.
- In this strong exception has been taken to the act of Hadrat Hatib bin Abi Balta in that he had tried to inform the enemy of a very important war secret of the Holy Prophet (SAW) only for the sake of safe guarding his family.
- This would have caused great bloodshed at the conquest of Makkah had it not been made ineffective in time. It would have cost the Muslims many precious lives; many of the Quraish would have been killed, who were to render great services to Islam afterward; the gains which were to accrue from conquering Makkah peacefully would have been lost, and all these serious losses would have resulted only because one of the Muslims had wanted to safeguard his family from the dangers of war.
- Administering a severe warning at this blunder Allah has taught the believers the lesson that no believer should, under any circumstances and for any motive, have relations of love and friendship with the disbelievers, who are actively hostile to Islam, and a believer should refrain from everything which might be helpful to them in the conflict between Islam and disbelief.
- However, there is no harm in dealing kindly and justly with those disbelievers, who may not be practically engaged in hostile activities against Islam and persecution of the Muslims.
- The second part consists of verses: 10-11, in this a social problem has been settled, which was agitating the minds at that time.
- There were many Muslim women in Makkah, whose husbands were pagans, but they were emigrating and reaching Madinah somehow. Likewise, there were many Muslim men in Madinah, whose wives were pagans and had been left behind in Makkah.
- The question arose whether the marriage bond between them continued to be valid or not. Allah settled this problem for ever, saying that the pagan husband is not lawful for the Muslim women, nor the pagan wife lawful for the Muslim husband.
- The third part consists of verse:12, in which the Holy Prophet (SAW) has been instructed to ask the women who accept Islam to pledge that they would refrain from the major evils that were prevalent among the womenfolk of the pre-Islamic Arab society, and to promise that they would henceforth follow the ways of goodness which the Messenger of Allah may enjoin.
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