English translation of the meaning Page No 424

Quran in English Language - Page no 424 424

Sura Al-Ahzab from 44 to 50


44. Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be « Salâm Peace ( i.e. the angels will say to them: Salâmun ‘Alaikum ) ! » And He has prepared for them a generous reward ( i.e. Paradise ) .
45. O Prophet ( Muhammad ( saas ) ) ! Verily, We have sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner,
46. And as one who invites to Allâh [ Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allâh ( Alone ) ] by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light ( through your instructions from the Qur’ân and the Sunnah - the legal ways of the Prophet ( saas ) [ 1 ] ) .
47. And announce to the believers ( in the Oneness of Allâh and in His Messenger Muhammad ( saas ) ) the glad tidings, that they will have from Allâh a Great Bounty.
48. And obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and harm them not ( in revenge for their harming you till you are ordered ) . And put your trust in Allâh, and Sufficient is Allâh as a Wakîl ( Trustee, or Disposer of affairs ) . [ Tafsir Al- Qurtubi ]
49. O you who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them before you have sexual intercourse with them, no ‘Iddah [ divorce prescribed period, see ( V.65:4 ) ] have you to count in respect of them. So give them a present, and set them free ( i.e. divorce ) , in a handsome manner.
50. O Prophet ( Muhammad ( saas ) ) ! Verily, We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their Mahr ( bridal- money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage ) , and those ( slaves ) whom your right hand possesses - whom Allâh has given to you, and the daughters of your ‘Amm ( paternal uncles ) and the daughters of your ‘Ammât ( paternal aunts ) and the daughters of your Khâl ( maternal uncles ) and the daughters of your Khâlât ( maternal aunts ) who migrated ( from Makkah ) with you, and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, and the Prophet wishes to marry her - a privilege for you only, not for the ( rest of ) the believers. Indeed We know what We have enjoined upon them about their wives and those ( slaves ) whom their right hands possess, in order that there should be no difficulty on you. And Allâh is Ever Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.

[1] (V.33:46) See the footnote of [(V.3:164), Hadîth No.385 and 387]