MOTHER

58.Surah Al Mujadilah

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنكُم مِّن نِّسَائِهِم مَّا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ ...

58: 2.     If any men among you divorce their wives by Zihar (calling them mothers), they cannot be their mothers:

C5332. See n. 5330 above.

...إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْ ...

none can be their mothers except those who gave them birth.

...وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنكَرًا مِّنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا...

And in fact they use words (both) iniquitous and false:

C5333. Such words are false in fact and iniquitous, inasmuch as they are unfair to the wife and unseemly in decent society.

...وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ ﴿٢﴾

but truly Allah is one that blots out (sins), and forgives (again and again).

C5334. Cf. 4:99 and 22:60.

Were it not that Allah in His Mercy makes allowances for our weaknesses and the various grades of motives that actuate us, such conduct would be inexpiable.

But He prescribes expiation as in the next verse, because He wishes to blot out what is wrong and give us a chance to reform by His forgiveness.

Asad’s Version:

58: 2 …..None are their mothers save those who gave them birth: