LessonsMuḥkam, Mutashābih, Kināyah, Taʿrīḍ and Figurative AttributionQuiz

«وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ»
“Those among you possessing virtue and means should not swear [to withhold help] ...” (al-Nūr 24:22, excerpt)

The verse calls people of means not to cease beneficence toward relatives, people in need and those who emigrated for God’s cause. Its known historical setting has also been understood as an indirect reference to Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq.

The ensuing instruction, “wa-l-yaʿfū wa-l-yaṣfaḥū” (“let them forgive and overlook”), reveals the ethical direction of the passage. The general counsel endures, while the specific context helps explain its occasion and rhetorical force.

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al-Nūr 24:22: forgiveness with a specific allusion

Muḥkam, Mutashābih, Kināyah, Taʿrīḍ and Figurative Attribution

«وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ»
“Those among you possessing virtue and means should not swear [to withhold help] ...” (al-Nūr 24:22, excerpt)

The verse calls people of means not to cease beneficence toward relatives, people in need and those who emigrated for God’s cause. Its known historical setting has also been understood as an indirect reference to Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq.

The ensuing instruction, “wa-l-yaʿfū wa-l-yaṣfaḥū” (“let them forgive and overlook”), reveals the ethical direction of the passage. The general counsel endures, while the specific context helps explain its occasion and rhetorical force.