In His saying, the Exalted: “To make clear to them that in which they differed, and guidance and mercy,” is “guidance” conjoined to “make clear”?
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The questioner :[An-Nahl 16:64] He says... that it is conjoined to “to make clear” [lit. la-tubayyina]. Then he said in his commentary that “to make clear” is for the purpose of clarification, so it is as if “tubayyina” is a noun in the genitive case, meaning with the lam of causation. So if it is conjoined to it, it seems the matter requires that the word to which it is conjoined...?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. You will ask why it was not in the genitive case, but the verse does not allow that. We say, “and mercy”... They say that “tubayyina” is not an explicit noun; it is an interpreted noun, and the lam is for causation, so “guidance” is the object for the sake of which it is done.
The questioner : “And if one of them dies before consummation and the prescribed share, the other inherits from him, and she has the mahr of women of her status.
And if he divorces her before consummation, she has the mut'ah according to the ease or hardship of her husband, and the mahr al-mithl becomes fixed by consummation. And if he divorces her after that, there is no mut'ah. And if they separate in a defective marriage before consummation and seclusion, there is no mahr, and after one of them, the specified mahr becomes obligatory.
And the mahr al-mithl is obligatory for one who is had intercourse with under doubt or through forced zina, and no compensation for virginity is obligatory with it. And the woman has the right to withhold herself until she receives her current mahr. If it is deferred, or becomes due before delivery, or she delivers herself voluntarily, she has no right to withhold. If he is unable to pay the current mahr, she has the right to annul, even after consummation, and no one but a judge can annul it.”
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muhammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
وَما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ إِلاَّ لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ وَهُدىً وَرَحْمَةً لقوم يؤمنونThe Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. You will ask why it was not in the genitive case, but the verse does not allow that. We say, “and mercy”... They say that “tubayyina” is not an explicit noun; it is an interpreted noun, and the lam is for causation, so “guidance” is the object for the sake of which it is done.
The questioner : “And if one of them dies before consummation and the prescribed share, the other inherits from him, and she has the mahr of women of her status.
And if he divorces her before consummation, she has the mut'ah according to the ease or hardship of her husband, and the mahr al-mithl becomes fixed by consummation. And if he divorces her after that, there is no mut'ah. And if they separate in a defective marriage before consummation and seclusion, there is no mahr, and after one of them, the specified mahr becomes obligatory.
And the mahr al-mithl is obligatory for one who is had intercourse with under doubt or through forced zina, and no compensation for virginity is obligatory with it. And the woman has the right to withhold herself until she receives her current mahr. If it is deferred, or becomes due before delivery, or she delivers herself voluntarily, she has no right to withhold. If he is unable to pay the current mahr, she has the right to annul, even after consummation, and no one but a judge can annul it.”