And if you fear you can’t deal justly with the orphans, then you marry such women as may seem good for you in two, or three, or four; then if you fear you can’t deal justly, then only one woman or someone your right hand possessed, that is suitable for you not to aggress the limit.
There were more than ten wives with almost every male during the ignorant period and those wives were not getting justice from them. Seeing the unjust dealing towards the females in their marital life, the parents of female children used to bury them alive in their childhood itself as told in verses 16: 58-59. This verse commands to limit the number of wives to four. And if it is difficult to keep justice in between them, marrying only one is allowed. In the ignorant period, the people fostered the female orphans and married them aiming their wealth and beauty even without giving their dowry, and dealt with them unjustly as if they need not answer before anyone. Such evil custom is prohibited by revealing this verse. If anyone is unable to keep justice towards female orphans, he shouldn’t marry them. And under which woman the orphans are living, such orphans and women should be protected even by marrying that woman. Thus, the orphans should be allowed to live with their mother in the absence of their father, and not in orphanages. It is the responsibility of society to protect the orphans, poor, indigents, and widows with justice.
But today, the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar who read these verses are constructing orphanages in the shadow of charity. By doing so they are separating the orphans from their mothers which makes their condition worse. Due to the lack of Lord’s Book Adhikr, all evils and shameful deeds such as sodomy, cheating, and theft are developed from the so-called orphanages, and gradually such evils are spread into society. A huge amount of funds are collected from the public in the name of orphans and a commission of 40 % or more is earned by the collectors. Thus, they are filling their and their family’s bellies with fire as told in verse 4: 10.
Since there is no war today in the cause of the Lord, there are no right-hand-possessed women. During the Last Days, the believing men and women are advised to choose Asia and Maryam as the role models as explained in verse 2: 187. See explanation 2: 185, 221; 3: 16-17 and 9: 67-68.