Sunday, April 23, 2006

2:241

Salaam all,

This is 2:241
وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَاتِ مَتَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمُتَّقِينَ
Walilmutallaqati mataAAun bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

The Aya says:
And to the divorced women (belongs) provisions to cover needs by what is appropriate, abiding right on the conscious.

My personal note:
The Aya mentions that the divorced woman needs help in achieving her needs and that is her right and an obligation on the man that divorced her if he is conscious of GOD.

Translation of the transliterated words:
Walilmutallaqati: and to the divorced women/and belongs to the divorced women
Note: WA means and. LI means to. the root is TTa-L-Qaf and it means labor pain attack in the concrete form. In the abstract, it means anything that involves the letting go of something as in the labor process let’s go of the baby from the inside. ALMUTALLAQAT are the women who were divorced or let go.
mataAAun: resources/provisions to help cover needs
Note: the root M-T-Ain and it means when the wine becomes very red or when the rope becomes tight. This is the concrete and the abstract gives the meaning of something or someone reaching where it needs to reach within the limits of time, space, etc. MATaAAaN is the resources or provisions, that help the person reach his or her needs within limits.
bialmaAAroofi: by what is recognized to be good or appropriate/by what is good
Note: BI means by. It indicates that the word that comes after it is either a tool for the previous verb or an object of the previous verb or both. ALMaAAROOF is derived from the root Ain-R-F and it means the elevated place that will be known or recognized from a distance. ALMaAAROOF is what is recognized. This is also used to mean what it good. This is because, in the Arab mind, what you recognize and acknowledge should be good to you, whereas what you do not recognize or not acknowledge is considered bad to you.
Haqqan: abiding right
Note: the root is Ha-Qaf-Qaf and it means abiding right. Therefore combining right as in true and deserved with abiding part of the meaning. HAQQAN is abiding right.
AAala: on
Almuttaqeena: the conscious/the ones that make themselves conscious
Note: the root is W-Qaf-Y and it means guard or protect. Since the best way of guarding is consciousness then consciousness is another meaning. ALUTTAQEEN are the conscious or the ones that make themselves conscious.

Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein

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