لِّئَلَّا يَعۡلَمَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَلَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ مِّن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allah and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty
Before Islam, it was the custom in Arabia that if a man said to his wife, ‘To me you are like my mother’s back’ she was for ever forbidden for that man. This was called zihar. A Muslim of Madinah, Aws ibn as-Samit, once repeated these very words to his wife, Khawlah bint Tha‘labah. She came to the Prophet and related the incident. The Prophet, taking into account the old custom, opined that she stood forbidden for Aws ibn as-Samit. Khawlah was worried that her house and her children would be destroyed, and she started crying and wailing. On this occasion these verses were revealed and the Islamic rules on zihar were laid down.
’’اے ایمان لانے والو‘‘سے مراد حضرت مسیح پر ایمان لانے والے ہیں۔ جو لوگ پچھلے پیغمبر کو مانتے ہوں، اور اب وہ پیغمبر آخر الزماں کی صداقت کو دریافت کرکے ان پر ایمان لائیں تو ان کے لیے دہرا اجر ہے۔ اسی طرح جو لوگ نسلی طور پر مسلمان ہیں وہ دوبارہ اسلام کا مطالعہ کریں اور اپنے اندر اسلامی شعور پیدا کرکے از سر نو مومن و مسلم بنیں تو وہ بھی اللہ کے یہاں دہرے اجر کے مستحق قرار پائیں گے۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →