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And do not marry Al-Mushrikats {idolatress, etc.} till they believe (worship
Allah alone). And indeed a slave woman is better than a (free) Mushrikah
{idolatress, etc.}, even though she pleases you. And give not (your daughters)
in marriage to Al-Mushrikun** till they believe in Allah alone and verily
a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik, even though he pleases
you. Those Al-Mushrikun invite you to the Fire {Al naar}, but Allah invites
you to the Paradise and Forgiveness by His Leave, and makes His Ayaat
{proofs, evidences, lessons, verses, signs, etc.} clear to mankind that
they may remember. [Quran 2:221] [[6]] "...... (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women
who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book revealed
before your time, when you give them their due dowries, and desire chastity,
not lewdness, nor sectret intrigues. If anyone rejects faith, fruitless
is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who
have lost (all the spritual good)." [Quran 5:5] <<< See
the following two notes >>> # A note[7] following the above passage further describes that a Muslim
man can marry a woman from their ranks on same terms as he would marry
a Muslim woman, i.e. he must give her an economic and moral status, and
must not actuate merely by motives of lust and physical desires. A Muslim
woman cannot marry a non-Muslim primarily because her religious affiliation
and duties will be affected by the authority of her husband. A non-Muslim
woman marrying a Muslim man are expected to eventually accept Islam. Any
man or woman, from any race or faith, upon ACCEPTING Islam can freely
marry any Muslim, man or woman, provided the objective is purity and chasteness
and not lewdness. ## In the above verse, "People of Books" refers to the "followers"
of the religions who received God's message in the form of teachings by
Prophet Moses (AS) and Prophet Jesus (AS) before Islam. However, the term
"people of Books" by no mean refers to the present Torah or
Pentateuch or The Bible which were written by various authors decades
and centuries after their respective Prophets. The term "Books"
therefore does NOT affirm in any manner the validity of the present Bible
(canonized in 325 AC) or Torah (written over an uncertain period est.
1500-1350 BCE??) as God's message as their followers vehemently argue
and would like Muslims to take the term "Book" for their Bible
or Torah. The following note by Abdullah Yousuf Ali is worth mentioning
here: Note #390: ...The Original Gospel (see Surah 3:48 below) was not the
various stories written afterwards by disciples***, but the real message
taught directly by Jesus (AS). *** St Paul, author of almost half of the
New Testament and the one annuling Mosaic law, and Luke, to whom "Gospel
According to Luke" is attributed, were not even among the original
12 disciples. "And Allah will teach him (Jesus (AS)) The Book and Wisdom, The
Law and the Gospel." [Surah 3:48] [This clearly indicate to THE Gospel
given to Jesus (AS) and not to the Council of Nicaea which decided, in
325AC, by vote, what The Bible canon should be comprised of .] "There is among them a section who distort the book with tongues;
(As they read) you would think it is part of the Book, But it is no part
of Book; and they say, "That is from Allah," But it is they
who tell a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it!" [Surah 3:78]
Note: Much has been already said on this topic on s.r.i. |