07-06-2007, 06:26 PM
Bismillah
as salam alykom
Again the marathon, Karbala, this whole surah (Ahzab) is of a series of units that are all interconnected to each other, just as Quran is one whole unit that compliments each other.
If u look at the theme of the surah from beginning, it deals mainly with the Messenger's - salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam wa a`la all other Prophets and Messengers best prayers and peace - marriages. It inlcuded legislations regarding Zihar, children adoption, then moved to establishing the rule of the Messenger's wives as mothers of believers (thus they cannt marry after him), in this point, Allah Inserts the story of Ahzab battle. After the story ended, Allah again Takes us back to the wives issues telling the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam how to handle their demands. The sequence of Ayahs here were to give them a choice, explain to them they are different even in terms of punishment, how to talk to men, how to dress up (them in particular because later on this Surah Allah Addresses them and women of the belivers), then commanding them to establish salat, and give zakat, obey Allah and the Messenger and the command was to them in particular since Allah was originally talking to them telling them to stay home and not to dress up in improper manner like the time of Jaheliyah, pls be reminded that all this sequence of Ayahs are a direct address to the wives, and then ending with obey Allah and the Messenger and when Allah Is commanding u to do this, it is because (inma which is causing all this confusion) Allah wills to take away sins you members of the household and purify u. Allah Is telling them that Allah Is commanding all this because He is Intending the best for them. How can u expect that this logical sequence may involve a sudden move in the meaning, minding u that the following Ayahs continues talking to them reminding them of what is been recited in your houses, the word in Arabic is the plural of house but talking to women only putting the plural of house (bayt) into the plural form addressing females (beyotekun), how then u would say that the preceding Ayah was not addressed to them. You dont need no scholar, u need to use logic here.
The Ayahs continue then establishing other rules in general, to take us to an important climax of marrying off the Messenger to Zainab who used to tell other wives how Allah Married her in Quran unlike them whome were married thru their walys. Then again on the same theme of the Messenger's marriages to continue how Allah Made lawful to him his cousings...etc, and then making a very important rule that he is not allowed any more wives after those who are with him, then again manners of coming into his house during the walimah, to come to another essential rule that is restricted only to the wives that is they are not supposed to talk to men except from behind a veil because this is Athar (more pure) to their hearts and other men heart. Can u see, that it is totally illogical to say that
يذهب عنكم الرجس
which is not even an Ayah on its own but part of an Ayah preceeded and succeeded with Ayah dealing with, involving, addressing the wives that they are not included. More to say brother, this Ayah does not classify those who are included - whoever they are - as Ma`soum. Brother, as Hadji said, the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam himself was disciplined in Quran in many positions. I m sure u r aware of them, one of them is for instance Quran 66:1, others like Abas, and in Kahf...He also slept once and didnt wake up for Fajr, he also forgot while praying Asr how many Raka`s he did. All this is to teach us how to handle such situations. Again I m still waiting for the answer about the exception of Ma`soum.