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 Post subject: Verses 60:10-11
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 08:12 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 60:10-11
PostPosted: 07 Feb 2010, 21:22 
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{60:10} O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. God is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them. But give the disbelievers what they have spent. And there is no blame upon you if you marry them when you have given them their due compensation. And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the judgement of God; He judges between you. And God is Knowing and Wise.

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{60:10} O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you emigrating (from Mecca), test them. God knows better their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them. But give the disbelievers what they have spent. And it is no violation upon you if you marry them when you have given them their compensation (dowries). And do not hold on to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the judgment of God; He judges between you. And God is much Knowledgeable, very Wise.

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{60:11} And if you have lost any of your wives to the disbelievers and you subsequently obtain [something], then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent. And fear God, in whom you are believers.

It seems that many translations I read, translate وإن فاتكم شيئ من أزواجكم as "and if your wives leave you". But that can't be, because of the word شيئ which means "thing." I'm glad Irving, Shakir and the Zidans, among others, caught this and translated it correctly, IMHO.

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{60:11} And if you lost anything [you spent] on your wives to the disbelievers (paying the disbelievers the dowries they spent on their believing women to let them leave) and you subsequently obtain [some money], then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent. And watch out for God, in whom you are believers.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 60:10-11
PostPosted: 09 Feb 2010, 02:21 
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Very nice!

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