ADHIKR

This Surath got the name Al-Mumthahana (the Women Tested) from the tenth verse, which says, “Oh, you who believed! If believing women come to you as migrants, you should test them.” This Surath, containing 13 verses, was revealed after the ‘Hudaibiya Treaty’ happened in the sixth year of Hijra. Through this Surath, believers are commanded not to deal with the hypocrites loyally and softly, and not to behave in a manner as if Allah doesn’t know all secrets and public matters. It is warned that any relationship in this world, including family and blood relationships, except for the relationship under the Light of Adhikr, won’t benefit on the Day of Judgment. It is taught that there is a best example for the believers who believe in Allah and in the Last Day in the declaration made by Ibrahim and those with him to their people that there will be enmity and hatred between us until you believe in Allah as the single Deity. It also teaches that there is no blame upon the believers to deal with justice under the Light of Adhikr towards the hypocrites who don’t behave toward the believers with enmity, and that the believers are prohibited from dealing loyally and softly towards the hypocrites who try to obstruct the believers from following the Straightpath Adhikr, and those who try to deliver you out from the believers’ house for following that Path. If women come to you as believers ready to lead a life under the Light of Adhikr, believers have to give protection to them without sending them back. And also, if women among the believers desire to go to the Kuffar, they should be allowed to go. The women who come to the believers should give back the dowry they received from their husbands, and from the women who go to the Kuffar, their husbands can get back the dowry they had given. This Surath ends by commanding the believers not to take as intimate friends the hypocrites, upon whom the wrath and curse of Allah are affected, and who are in despair regarding the life of the Hereafter, and the Kuffar who are in despair regarding the inhabitants of the graves.