Important points raised by Khairan

[Muslimah]

Muslimah, I absolutely agree with what you say regarding the verses themselves -- those are very clear.  However, my contention is on the historical context surrounding the verses, which we obviously don't agree on.  By the way, I have met a great many Muslims who agree with my view of that particular moment in history; I was in fact first taught about it when I was young by an aunt, who was explaining to me about divorce and women's rights in Islam, so I am not making this up at whim.oh, I'm in the U.S.

brother, r u or any of your family a native arabic speaker? well the historical context even has nothing to do with this, simply because the Ayah goes as والذين يظاهرون من نسائهم

see this sentence does not deal in any way with divorce. So the issue here is not divorce which is طلاق in Arabic addressed a great deal in Surat baqarah in terms of Eda and more.

Now i didnt say u r making it up, I am just trying to re explain what u received. We all can simply receive something in the wrong way.

The Ayahs is presenting a case not of divorce but of ظهار zehar as I explained to u. It does not need any personal comment brother two totally different words

I will be off now, Insh a Allah it is getting late here. 11 pm

time difference u know

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