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[quote]My inability to express myself lucidly has hindered understanding. I'll try to be more intelligble this time. You write: [maroon]You ask me why 'head-covering' has been used and not something else. And you contend that it creates confusion; therefore Allah should not have used this word if his objective was not promulgate head covering. I ask you why in explicit words Allah has not said: cover your heads and your bosoms? In other words, you need to see the difference between the sentences: use your head covering to cover your heads and your bosoms and use head covering to conver your bosoms. [/maroon] To me, this is something like this: [green]I ask you to lets eat at McDonalds.[/green] When asked to drive to McDonalds, you argue that the sentence doesn't say anything about going to McDonalds. All it says is to eat there. You insist that i should have said: [green]Lets drive to McDonalds and lets eat at McDonalds. [/green] I don't know if that made any sense. You further write: [maroon]I know you have commented on this in that we do not need to be spoon-fed. But just down this verse, we see the words: Women may dislpay their ornanments to their HUSBANDS. I ask you if we are not spoon-fed and left with hints why Allah is describing this exception, husbands. Do you think it would be unlawful for wives to display their beauty before their husbands? [/maroon] In my humble opinion, the reason to mention husbands is a whole array of people being mentioned to whom women can display their beauty. Your objection would have been valid if the verse had mentioned only husbands. Lets see the complete picture: [b]And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. (Yusuf Ali, 24:31) [/b] Omitting "husbands" from this list, which portends to be exhaustive, could have been problematic. You state: [maroon]I do not deny that my comparison cannot be inept, misplaced or unparallel. But how it is so, I have failed to find anything in your comments to that effect. This is why I leave this matter to be further clarified by you. Why the Holy Qur'an has not just said: take care of orphans without referring to 'polygamy'. It should have avoided confusion by just saying the former sentence only.[/maroon] Here are the relevant verses: [b]To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor substitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance (by mixing it up) with your own. For this is indeed a great sin. If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice. (Yusuf Ali, 04:02- 03)[/b] You will very easily find the answer to your question in these verses. The Quran actually first directs us "to take care of the orphans" and to deal with them justly without referring to marriage or polygany. Additionally, it gives another avenue in these words, [b]If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four.[/b] The conditional clause makes it clear that this is the second option afforded by the Quran and that too has been linked with the added condition of being just with the women. I do not see any confusion here just as i see no confusion in the verse under discussion. You end your post with: [maroon]Intresting point is that you will not find any directive to the effect of male and female interaction in the Bible. It is only the Holy Qur'an which takes up the issue and deals with it. Head covering was an issue, which was no ISSUE during the Prophet's time. Had the situation been like it is today, we would definitely been given a positive or negative verdict. Allah himself does clear the matter by intervening. But when? That is the question for you to consider.[/maroon] Here is the directive regarding head-covering in the Bible: [b]But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraces his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head [u]uncovered [/u]disgraces her head, for it is the same as if she were shaven. For if a woman is not covered, let her be shaven. But if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, [u]let her cover her head[/u]. A man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man. For man was not created for woman, but woman for man. This is why the woman ought to have a sign of authority over her head, because of the angels. (First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 11. Verses 3-10)[/b] I didn't want to make a recourse to the Prophetic literature. You mention that it was no issue during the Prophet's (sws) time; quite on the contrary, i can show narratives where the Prophet (sws) has been reported to explicitly state the requirement of head-covering for women. How and when has Allah intervened is for both of us to consider. In all earnestness, i submit that i could be dead wrong in my understanding and this discussion is not to win an argument but simply to have a fruitful exchange. I am always ready to reconsider my take on this or any other issue and we can both agree to disagree. Even if i am wrong, i hope I'll be forgiven for what matters is a sincerity of heart and mind. I hope and expect the same from you. Edited by - Razi Allah on March 12 2004 17:14:30 Edited by - Razi Allah on March 12 2004 17:18:43[/quote]
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