Ayah Study

And whosoever of you is obedient to Allâh and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), and does righteous good deeds, We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her Rizq Karim (a noble provision - Paradise).

And bear in mind all that is recited in your homes of God’s messages and [His] wisdom: for God is unfathomable [in His wisdom], all-aware.

اور جو تم میں سے خدا اور اس کے رسول کی فرمانبردار رہے گی اور عمل نیک کرے گی۔ اس کو ہم دونا ثواب دیں گے اور اس کے لئے ہم نے عزت کی روزی تیار کر رکھی ہے

{ وَمَنْ يَقْنُتْ مِنْكُنَّ } أي: تطيع { لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا } قليلا أو كثيرًا، { نُؤْتِهَا أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ } أي: مثل ما نعطي غيرها مرتين، { وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيمًا } وهي الجنة، فقنتن للّه ورسوله، وعملن صالحًا، فعلم بذلك أجرهن.

ومن تطع منكن الله ورسوله، وتعمل بما أمر الله به، نُعْطها ثواب عملها مثلَي ثواب عمل غيرها من سائر النساء، وأعددنا لها رزقًا كريمًا، وهو الجنة.

ثم ذكر عدله وفضله في قوله: "ومن يقنت منكن لله ورسوله "أي تطع الله ورسوله وتستجب "نؤتها أجرها مرتين وأعتدنا لها رزقا كريما "أي في الجنة فإنهن في منازل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في أعلى عليين فوق منازل جميع الخلائق في الوسيلة التي هي أقرب منازل الجنة إلى العرش.

The Wives of the Prophet are not like Other Women This Ayah is addressed to the wives of the Prophet who chose Allah and His Messenger and the Home of the Hereafter, and remained married to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Thus it was befitting that there should be rulings which applied only to them, and not to other women, in the event that any of them should commit open Fahishah. Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "This means Nushuz (rebellion) and a bad attitude." Whatever the case, this is a conditional phrase and it does not imply that what is referred to would actually happen. This is like the Ayat: وَلَقَدْ أُوْحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ (And indeed it has been revealed to you, as it was to those before you: "If you join others in worship with Allah, surely your deeds will be in vain.") (39:65) وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُواْ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ (But if they had joined in worship others with Allah, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them.) (6:88) قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْعَـبِدِينَ (Say: "If the Most Gracious had a son, then I am the first of (Allah's) worshippers.") (43:81) لَّوْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَداً لاَّصْطَفَى مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَـنَهُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ (Had Allah willed to take a son, He could have chosen whom He willed out of those whom He created. But glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible.) (39:4). Because their status is so high, it is appropriate to state that the sin, if they were to commit it, would be so much worse, so as to protect them and their Hijab. Allah says: مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَـحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ (Whoever of you commits an open Fahishah, the torment for her will be doubled,) Malik narrated from Zayd bin Aslam: يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ (the torment for her will be doubled,) "In this world and the next." Something similar was narrated from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid. وَكَانَ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيراً (and that is ever easy for Allah.) it is very easy indeed. Then Allah mentions His justice and His bounty, in the Ayah: وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ للَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ (And whosoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger,) i.e., obeys Allah and His Messenger , نُؤْتِهَـآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقاً كَرِيماً (We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her a noble provision.) i.e., in Paradise, for they will be in the dwellings of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the highest reaches of `Illiyin, above the dwellings of all the people, in Al-Wasilah which is the closest of the dwellings of Paradise to the Throne.

اس آیت میں اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے عدل و فضل کا بیان فرما رہا ہے اور حضور ﷺ کی ازواج مطہرات سے خطاب کر کے فرما رہا ہے کہ تمہاری اطاعت گذاری اور نیک کاری پر تمہیں دگنا اجر ہے اور تمہارے لئے جنت میں باعزت روزی ہے۔ کیونکہ یہ اللہ کے رسول ﷺ کے ساتھ آپ کی منزل میں ہوں گی اور حضور ﷺ کی منزل اعلیٰ علیین میں ہے جو تمام لوگوں سے بالا تر ہے۔ اسی کا نام وسیلہ ہے۔ یہ جنت کی سب سے اعلیٰ اور سب سے اونچی منزل ہے جس کی چھت عرش اللہ ہے۔