Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Or he who is brought up in adornment"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
Answer:
"Adornment" means jewelry. As for them, they attributed daughters to Allah and attributed sons to themselves. That is, they belittled Allah to the extent that they did not attribute to Him what they were pleased with for themselves; what they were not pleased with for themselves, they attributed to Allah, and that is daughters. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said, "Or he who is brought up in adornment," meaning you attribute to Allah the deficient one who is not complete except with jewelry. You attribute this to Allah and attribute the males to yourselves.[Az-Zukhruf 43:18] A woman does not argue.
In the courts and in legal disputes, someone is appointed to argue on her behalf because she is not capable of doing so. She is not capable of this. The woman is weak in two aspects: in her body, she needs jewelry to complete her appearance, and in her argument, men overpower her. Allah intends by this to refute the polytheists who attributed daughters to Him and distanced themselves from them,[An-Nahl 16:58-59].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So is one brought up in ornaments
أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِAnswer:
"Adornment" means jewelry. As for them, they attributed daughters to Allah and attributed sons to themselves. That is, they belittled Allah to the extent that they did not attribute to Him what they were pleased with for themselves; what they were not pleased with for themselves, they attributed to Allah, and that is daughters. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said, "Or he who is brought up in adornment," meaning you attribute to Allah the deficient one who is not complete except with jewelry. You attribute this to Allah and attribute the males to yourselves.
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?
أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍIn the courts and in legal disputes, someone is appointed to argue on her behalf because she is not capable of doing so. She is not capable of this. The woman is weak in two aspects: in her body, she needs jewelry to complete her appearance, and in her argument, men overpower her. Allah intends by this to refute the polytheists who attributed daughters to Him and distanced themselves from them,
(58) And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. (59) He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِن سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الرابع في أن حياة القلب وإشراقه مادة كل خير فيه — islamhouse.com (54:56)
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