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Thursday, 25 Rabi'ul Awal 1434 H / 07 February 2013

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Surah At-Talaq (The Divorce)
This Surah was revealed in Madinah, and it has 12 verses and 2 sections

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Most Merciful

“O Prophet, when you people divorce women, divorce them at a time when the period of "iddah may start! And count the period of "iddah, and fear Allah, your Lord. Do not expel them from their houses, nor should they go out, unless they come up with a clearly shameless act. And these are the limits prescribed by Allah. And whoever exceeds the limits prescribed by Allah wrongs his own self. You do not know (what will happen in future); it may be that Allah brings about a new situation thereafter.” [1]

COMMENTARY: Immediately after the first injunction the believers are exhorted: ('And fear Allah, your Lord') After this exhortation, four more injunctions are set down and then they are admonished that anyone who oversteps Allah's limits will be wronging himself and will have to bear the disastrous consequences, thus Four more indirect injunctions are set down after that, and the admonition is repeated, thus: ('That is what anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day is exhorted to do...65:2).

Followed by this is a verse in which the merits of taqwa are mentioned, describing its religious and mundane blessings and benefits. Towards the end of the same verse the blessings and benefits of trust in Allah have been described. Thereafter, a few more injunctions pertaining to waiting-period are set down. Then in two more verses additional benefits and blessings of Taqwa are described.

This is followed by injunctions pertaining to marriage, divorce, the wife's maintenance, children's fosterage and so on. In the course of all these injunctions, the mention of the Hereafter, the virtue of taqwa , and the blessings oftrust in Allah are interspersed repeatedly. This Qur'anic style of alternating injunctions with the virtues of taqwa apparently seems disjointed, but having grasped the wisdom of the prudent style of the Qur'an, the close linkage becomes clear.

~ Ma’aariful Qur’an ~
To be continued…

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As at (06/02/2013)

* Cop-out over driver stopped at lights -A Pinetown driver has become an overnight internet sensation after a video clip showed him apparently passed out behind the wheel, a beer in his hand, at a busy intersection.

* Marikana hearing continues - The Farlam commission of inquiry into the deaths of 44 people during an unprotected strike at Lonmin's platinum mine at Marikana, in the North West, continues in Rustenburg on Wednesday.

* Gallery guard’s trial begins - The trial of a Goodman Gallery security guard accused of assaulting one of the men who allegedly defaced “The Spear” painting of President Jacob Zuma starts in the Hillbrow Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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* Extra-judicial drone killings are legal, ethical, wise: White House - The White House has defended its drone strikes to kill people, even US citizens, inside the United States, saying such targeted assassinations are “legal, ethical and wise.”

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And they're watching
night and day

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Take in every word you say

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To do anything you do

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His wife was standing there at the bench watching him.
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"Honey, I've been thinking ... now that we are married, I think it's time you quit hunting, shooting, hand loading, and fishing. Maybe you should sell your guns and boat.

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