Now let’s look into what he must do before touching her, which according to Q58 V3 is fatahriru raqabat, translated here as to ‘free a slave’. Let’s start with harir, its root alphabets are ha, ra and ra, and 6 forms of the word occurred a total of 15 times in the Quran. And itContinue reading “he must free a slave”
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before he can ‘touch’ her
Now that we have an idea what zuwr means, let’s move to V3 of Q58, which says ‘And those who declare ziHar from their wives, and then [wish to] go back on what they said – then [there must be] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another…’. So, those who after committingContinue reading “before he can ‘touch’ her”
meaning of zuwr, and its dual relationship with qard.
So, Allah said what they have said is munkar, and Zuwr. Having looked into what munkar means, it’s time to look into what zuwr means also. Zain, wa and ra are the root alphabets, and it’s one of those words that didn’t occur much in the Quran. 3 forms of the word appeared a totalContinue reading “meaning of zuwr, and its dual relationship with qard.”
meaning of munkar
Having dealt with ziHar, Allah then proceeded to call it a munkar and a zuwra. Munkar is what we will be able to work on here, zuwra should be next after that. Munkara mminal qawl, though translated as ‘objectionable statement’, is more closer in meaning to ‘particularly hurtful thing to say’ than mere ‘objectionable’ asContinue reading “meaning of munkar”
the meaning of ziHar vis-à-vis Q58 V2
Now that we are done with V1, in V2 of Q58, Allah shows disdain for doing Zihar, and states how much of a vice it is. Zihar, also known as the practice of saying you are like my mother’s back to me, has its root alphabets as zo, Hao, and ra. And 12 forms ofContinue reading “the meaning of ziHar vis-à-vis Q58 V2”
Q58 V1 on the prestigious place of women in Islam.
Q58 V1 starts by stating that Allah has heard the speech or words of the one that argued (tujadiluka) with you concerning her husband and directs her complaints to Allah, and so continues the verse. The word we will be looking at in this piece is jadil; we will be looking at what it means,Continue reading “Q58 V1 on the prestigious place of women in Islam.”
the veil in islam, all you need to know.
To start with, my intention was to title this piece ‘uv rays, viruses, vicissitudes, virtues and privacies: a classical arabic exegesis of the verses on the veil’, but I thought that would be a mouthful, and frankly, too academic, despite how academic this piece is. Hehe! Hopefully, you enjoy reading it more than I didContinue reading “the veil in islam, all you need to know.”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: diet and fasting. Pt. 6
If you remember in the part 1 in these series of posts that was about ‘waking up, and staying awake’ for taHajjud, I mentioned a science backed habit loop that has been biologically proven to show how we are wired, remember? There, I mentioned that the brain weighs less than two percent of the body,Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: diet and fasting. Pt. 6”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: the Quran, period. Pt. 5
The Quran, I feel like there should be something one says after one says the word ‘Quran’. 🥰Something like, dhikruLlah, Hudan lil mutaqeen, shifa unas, kalimatuLlah, and the list goes on and on. You know, something that reminds us of something about the Quran, so that it’s not just a mere mention of the name.Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: the Quran, period. Pt. 5”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: contacts and movements. Pt. 4
So, ablution is done, and one is now on one’s mat, and right before one heads to the lectern, to start reciting from the Quran, one puts on one’s glasses, or not? One thing I tried to sort out was the issue of glasses, and not having to remove it and place it on theContinue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: contacts and movements. Pt. 4”
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