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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: ((Or is he who is brought up in adornment, while he is weak in dispute?))?

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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]? أَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
, and is there any guidance for the young men who adorn themselves by contradicting the Sunnah, letting their hair hang over their faces, and acting effeminately just as women do?

The Shaykh : The meaning of this noble verse is that Allah, the Exalted, rebukes the polytheists, because the polytheists made the angels, who are the servants of the Merciful, what? Females. They said, "The angels are the daughters of Allah." So they chose for Allah, the Exalted, what they dislike, and they chose for themselves what they desire. They made the sons for themselves and the daughters for Allah. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]? أَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
meaning: like one who does not need that. Who is the one who does not need that? No. The male human being.
Or one who is brought up in adornment أَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ
This is a description,
while being during conflict unevident وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
another description. Who is the one in whom these two descriptions are realized? The female, the woman. The woman is brought up in adornment, and various types of jewelry are brought to her so that she may adorn herself with them, and various types of clothing. For this reason, Allah, the Exalted, made for her from clothing what she adorns herself with, and He forbade it for men, such as silk. So silk is forbidden for men and lawful for women, because the woman is pitiful; she needs to beautify herself with it, she needs something to adorn herself with. The man, a man, is sufficient with the description of manliness from everything.
while being during conflict unevident وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
The woman in dispute, is her dispute clear or weak? Weak. And it is rare that you encounter a woman like men in her dispute; it is rare. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, rebukes these polytheists who made for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the deficient of the two types, and made for themselves the complete. As for what the questioner mentioned regarding what some empty, luxurious young men have been afflicted with, who were made arrogant by wealth and idleness, in that they adorn themselves with women's jewelry, wearing gold, either in rings, or in buttons, or in necklaces or the like, then my advice to them is: that they know the worth of themselves, and that they place themselves in their proper station. They should not lower themselves to the stations of women, because of the sin in committing what Allah has forbidden them, and because of the injustice to themselves, in that they have lowered themselves below the level they should be at, and also because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in that, because among the other males there are some who have been afflicted with the love of their own sex, a sexual love, and I seek refuge in Allah. So much so that in the past, a great nation was afflicted with this, and a Messenger was sent to them for that. Who were they? The people of Lut. And he rebuked them and said:
(165) Do you approach males among the worlds (166) And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing." أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:165-166]
, so it is obligatory for the young man to know the worth of himself, and not to belittle it. And I advise my brothers or my sons from these young men to fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in themselves, and to know that youth is nothing but a fleeting shadow. How quickly they will regret what they did. And truly, the one who said this spoke the truth: "There is no sweetness in life as long as its essence is spoiled by the remembrance of death and old age."
So I ask Allah for guidance and success for me and for them to what He loves and is pleased with.
Source alathar.net

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