In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari
Surah An-Nisa
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
And chaste women
Except what your right hands possess
God's book be upon you
And I make lawful for you what is behind them
To seek with your money
They are protected, not marauders
What did you enjoy from them?
So give them their wages as an obligation
There is no blame on you for what you agree upon
After the obligatory prayer
Indeed, God is All-Knowing, All-Wise
Forbidden to you are chaste women with a husband
Except what your right hands possess
God has decreed for you to prohibit what is forbidden and to interpret what is permissible in a book
I make it permissible for you to do anything other than that
To ask and seek with your money
Either purchase or marriage with a dowry
Unbalanced exemptions
And whatever women you have had sex with, you have intercourse with them
So give them their alms as a known obligation
There is no blame on you, O people, for what you and your women agree upon
After giving them their wages for marriage
Whoever deprived you of what was due to them
Or discharge, delay or put in place
God knows what is best for you, people
Wise in what He arranges for you and for them
And whoever of you cannot afford it, it will take a long time
To marry chaste believing women
From what your right hand possesses
From your faithful girls
God knows best your faith
Some of you from each other
So marry them with the permission of their families
And give them their wages
With goodness, she is protected
Non-combined chaste women
And I don't have two sides
If he is married, then he commits an obscene act
They are entitled to half of what is due to chaste women
Of torment
This is for those of you who fear impotence
And if you are patient, it is better for you
God is Forgiving and Merciful
And whoever among you, people, does not find enough money
To have sex with free women
Those who have believed in the monotheism of God
And with the truth that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, brought
Let him marry from among the believing women that your right-handed woman possesses
God knows best the faith of those of you who believe
Let you have intercourse with one another
Let him have sex with this girl
So they married them with the permission of their masters
And give them their dowries according to what you agreed upon
Chaste, unadulterated women
And do not make friends over incest
If they convert to Islam or get married
If your female slaves come after he has been married, she will commit adultery
They are entitled to half of the punishment imposed on free women
So they committed adultery before the horse
Fifty lashes and six months exile
This is what I am looking for you people
For those of you who fear harm to his religion and body due to punishment
And if you, people, be patient about marrying female slaves, it will be better for you
And God is Forgiving. You marry female slaves according to what is permissible for you
And none of you have preceded in that
Merciful to you when He permitted you to marry them in times of need
God wants to make clear to you what is permissible and what is forbidden
And may those before you from among the people of faith guide you in your paths
God wants to return you to obedience to Him
To forgive you through your repentance for what has gone before
God has knowledge of what is best for His servants in their religions and their world
Wise in his management of them
And God wants to repent to you
Those who follow desires want you to be swayed
God wants to show you your obedience and turning to Him
He wants those who follow their own desires to be people of falsehood
That you turn away from the command of God with extreme injustice and hostility
And God wants to ease your burden
God wants them to be tempted to follow their desires
And God wants to ease your burden
Man was created weak
God wants to make it easy for you, with His permission, to marry believing girls
If you can't, go free
And because you were created weak and incapable of abandoning intercourse with women
So I give you permission
O you who have believed, do not consume your wealth among yourselves unjustly
Unless it is a trade with your consent
And do not kill yourselves
God has been merciful to you
O you who have believed God and His Messenger
Do not consume each other's money through usury and gambling
And other things that God has forbidden you
Unless the money you eat is by mutual agreement between those among you who have sold it
And do not kill one another while you are people of one religion
God is still merciful to His creation
And out of His mercy toward you, some of you have refrained from killing others, O believers
And he acquired the wealth of some of you against others unjustly
Whoever does that out of aggression and injustice, We will cast him into Hell
This was easy for God
Whoever does what God has forbidden
Going beyond what God permitted for him to what He forbade him
And he did that without what God permitted
We will provide him with fire in which he may pray and burn in it
Bringing the perpetrator of that fire to God was easy and simple
If you avoid the major sins that you are forbidden, We will pardon your sins and admit you to a noble entrance.
If you avoid the major sins that you are forbidden, We will atone for you, O believers, your minor sins.
We bring you into the good, good, and honorable entrance by banishing evils and infirmities from it
The most important things that have been said regarding major sins are polytheism, disobedience to parents, killing oneself, and false speech
And slandering a fortified person, sworn oaths, magic, and escaping from advance
And adultery with a neighbor's wife
Do not covet what God has bestowed upon some of you over others
Men have a share of what they have earned
Women have a share of what they have earned
They asked God of His grace. Indeed, God is All-Knowing of all things
And do not desire what God has favored some of you over others
Men have a share of God's reward and punishment
From what they have earned and done, whether good or evil
Women have a share of what they gain from that, just as men do
God is what is best for His servants in the good He has apportioned for them
He raised some of them above others in religion and the world
And other than that, His decree and rulings regarding them are All-Knowing
He who has knowledge says, “Do not wish for anything other than what has been decreed for you.”
But you must obey him and submit to his command
Being satisfied with His decree and asking Him is His grace
And for each of us, We made a follower from what the parents and relatives left behind
And to those of you whose oaths are tied, give them their share
God is a witness over all things
And for all of you people, We have made a group and heirs
From the inheritance left by his father and relatives
And those whose right hands reach the oath between you and them
So they gave them their share of support, aid, and opinion
God is a witness to what you do
And on your other actions
So that He may reward all of you for all of this
Men are guardians of women because God has favored some of them over others
And what they spent of their money
So the righteous women preserve the unseen by what God has preserved
And those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them
They abandoned them in the shelters and beat them
If they obey you, do not seek a way against them
God is great
Men are worthy of disciplining their wives
Because God has favored men over their wives
And because of the dowries they brought to them
And spend money on them
Women who are upright in religion are obedient to God and their husbands
To protect themselves when their husbands are absent
They are obligated to do so by God
May God protect them
So they did good to them and made amends
And those who fear their superiority over their husbands
And raising them from their beds out of hatred and turning away from them
So they reminded them of God and feared them and His feast
If they take heed, then you have no recourse against them
But if it is clear, then keep a bond between them in their homes and in the houses in which they lie down
And beat them so that they may build to God
If I obey you, O people, your women
Do not seek a way to their ears
And do not seek a way to what is not permissible for you of their bodies and money
God is supreme over everything
And bigger than you and everything
And if you fear, there will be a rift between them
So they sent an arbitrator from his family
And an arbiter of its people
If he wants reconciliation, God will reconcile them
Indeed, God is All-Knowing, All-Aware
And if you know, O people, the difficulty of each one of them is different
As for the woman
Disobedience and her abandonment of fulfilling God’s rights over her to her husband
As for the husband
So he left him to keep her with kindness or let her go with kindness
So they sent an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family
The two rulers want reconciliation between men and women
May God reconcile the two rulings
They agree to reconcile between them
God was aware of what the two rulers wanted in terms of reconciliation between the spouses and other things
He is knowledgeable about this and other matters, both of them and of others
So that each of them gets his reward
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation