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إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
Important Words:
قدرنا (We surmise) is derived from قدر (qadara) which means, he measured or computed or estimated. قدر (qaddara) means, he meditated or considered; he supposed or conjectured or surmised. When used about God, it means, He decreed or appointed or ordained (Aqrab & Lane). See also 2:21.
Commentary:
The verse purports to say that out of the family of Lot his wife would not be saved, as she would remain behind and would not leave the city with Lot. The messengers used the expression قدرنا which here means, "we surmise" because they were not sure about her fate and had only guessed that she would remain behind. Evidently, one or more of them might have had a dream regarding this affair and, naturally, they were not quite sure about its interpretation but had only inferred that she would not be saved. Or it may be that, having regard to the feelings of Abraham, they did not like to stress the point of the sad end of Lot’s wife and expressed it vaguely.
Here is another divergence between the description of this affair as given in the Bible and the Quran. The Bible says: And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being Merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city (Gen. 19:15,16).
The Quran, on the other hand, says that Lot had been informed beforehand that his wife would not leave the city with him but would remain behind (29:34). It can easily be judged which of these two accounts is more natural and nearer the truth. According to the Quran, she not only remained behind but was from the very beginning destined to do so, but the Bible says that the angels led her out of the city, although they knew that God had decreed that she would share its fate. The Bible thus depicts the angels to be acting against the decree of God, which is evidently wrong.
e
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
c
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
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Important Words:
قدرنا (We surmise) is derived from قدر (qadara) which means, he measured or computed or estimated. قدر (qaddara) means, he meditated or considered; he supposed or conjectured or surmised. When used about God, it means, He decreed or appointed or ordained (Aqrab & Lane). See also 2:21.
Commentary:
The verse purports to say that out of the family of Lot his wife would not be saved, as she would remain behind and would not leave the city with Lot. The messengers used the expression قدرنا which here means, "we surmise" because they were not sure about her fate and had only guessed that she would remain behind. Evidently, one or more of them might have had a dream regarding this affair and, naturally, they were not quite sure about its interpretation but had only inferred that she would not be saved. Or it may be that, having regard to the feelings of Abraham, they did not like to stress the point of the sad end of Lot’s wife and expressed it vaguely.
Here is another divergence between the description of this affair as given in the Bible and the Quran. The Bible says: And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being Merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city (Gen. 19:15,16).
The Quran, on the other hand, says that Lot had been informed beforehand that his wife would not leave the city with him but would remain behind (29:34). It can easily be judged which of these two accounts is more natural and nearer the truth. According to the Quran, she not only remained behind but was from the very beginning destined to do so, but the Bible says that the angels led her out of the city, although they knew that God had decreed that she would share its fate. The Bible thus depicts the angels to be acting against the decree of God, which is evidently wrong.
d
7:84; 11:82; 26:172; 27:58.
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
7:84; 29:34.
7:84; 29:34.
7:84; 21:75; 29:34.
f
7:84; 29:34.
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فـاء کے معنے’’اور‘‘کے بھی ہیں‘ پس کے بھی‘ اور ’’نتیجہ‘‘کے بھی ہوتے ہیں۔
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یعنی وہ اپنے اعمال کی وجہ سے نظر آتی تھی کہ پیچھے رہ جائے گی۔
d
7:84; 21:75; 29:34.
d
7:84; 29:34.
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ
قرآن مجید میں تَحْتَ کا لفظ آتا ہے۔ جس کے معنے نیچے کے ہیں۔ مگر عربی محاورہ کے مطابق عورت کے مرد کے ماتحت ہونے کے معنے یہ ہوتے ہیں کہ وہ اس کی بیوی تھی۔ یہ بھی یاد رکھنا چاہیے کہ یہاں قرآن کریم نے یہ نہیں فرمایا کہ کَانَتَا تَحْتَھُمَا وہ ان دونوں کے ماتحت تھیں بلکہ یہ کہا ہے کہ وہ ہمارے دو بندوں کے ماتحت تھیں اور جو خدا کا بندہ ہو وہ کسی قسم کا ظلم نہیں کر سکتا۔ پس ان الفاظ سے بتا دیا ہے کہ گو وہ عورتیں نوحؑ اور لوطؑ کے ماتحت تھیں مگر پھر بھی وہ ماتحتی مجبوری کی نہیں تھی بلکہ ارادت اور عقیدت کی تھی۔
یعنی خداتعالیٰ کا معاملہ ہر انسان سے انفرادی ہوتا ہے۔ اگر کوئی نیک بندہ ہو تو وہ اپنا ہی بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے دوسرے کا نہیں اٹھا سکتا۔ بلکہ قرآن کریم میں اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ اگر محمد رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی بیویاں کوئی بدی کریں گی تو ان کو دُگنا عذاب ملے گا۔ (احزاب: ۳۱) پس نیک آدمی کی بیوی بننے سے عورت کسی رعایت کی مستحق نہیں ہوتی بلکہ اس کی ذ مّہ واری بڑھ جاتی ہے۔
The disbelievers are compared to the wives of Noah and Lot in order to show that the companionship of a righteous man, even a Prophet of God, does not benefit an evilly-inclined person who is bent upon rejecting truth. The wife of Pharaoh represents those believers, who though passionately desiring and praying to get rid of sin, cannot fully dissociate themselves from evil influences which are represented by Pharaoh, and having arrived at the stage of the "self-accusing soul" sometimes fail and falter. Mary, the mother of Jesus, represents those righteous servants of God who, having closed all avenues of sin and having made peace with God, are blessed with Divine inspiration; the pronoun hi in fihi standing for such fortunate believers. Or, the pronoun may stand for Farj which, literally meaning a cleft or fissure, signifies an opening through which sin can find access.
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قرآن مجید میں تَحْتَ کا لفظ آتا ہے۔ جس کے معنے نیچے کے ہیں۔ مگر عربی محاورہ کے مطابق عورت کے مرد کے ماتحت ہونے کے معنے یہ ہوتے ہیں کہ وہ اس کی بیوی تھی۔ یہ بھی یاد رکھنا چاہیے کہ یہاں قرآن کریم نے یہ نہیں فرمایا کہ کَانَتَا تَحْتَھُمَا وہ ان دونوں کے ماتحت تھیں بلکہ یہ کہا ہے کہ وہ ہمارے دو بندوں کے ماتحت تھیں اور جو خدا کا بندہ ہو وہ کسی قسم کا ظلم نہیں کر سکتا۔ پس ان الفاظ سے بتا دیا ہے کہ گو وہ عورتیں نوحؑ اور لوطؑ کے ماتحت تھیں مگر پھر بھی وہ ماتحتی مجبوری کی نہیں تھی بلکہ ارادت اور عقیدت کی تھی۔
2
یعنی خداتعالیٰ کا معاملہ ہر انسان سے انفرادی ہوتا ہے۔ اگر کوئی نیک بندہ ہو تو وہ اپنا ہی بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے دوسرے کا نہیں اٹھا سکتا۔ بلکہ قرآن کریم میں اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ اگر محمد رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی بیویاں کوئی بدی کریں گی تو ان کو دُگنا عذاب ملے گا۔ (احزاب: ۳۱) پس نیک آدمی کی بیوی بننے سے عورت کسی رعایت کی مستحق نہیں ہوتی بلکہ اس کی ذ مّہ واری بڑھ جاتی ہے۔
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The disbelievers are compared to the wives of Noah and Lot in order to show that the companionship of a righteous man, even a Prophet of God, does not benefit an evilly-inclined person who is bent upon rejecting truth. The wife of Pharaoh represents those believers, who though passionately desiring and praying to get rid of sin, cannot fully dissociate themselves from evil influences which are represented by Pharaoh, and having arrived at the stage of the "self-accusing soul" sometimes fail and falter. Mary, the mother of Jesus, represents those righteous servants of God who, having closed all avenues of sin and having made peace with God, are blessed with Divine inspiration; the pronoun hi in fihi standing for such fortunate believers. Or, the pronoun may stand for Farj which, literally meaning a cleft or fissure, signifies an opening through which sin can find access.