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Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 1–4All human beings are one and the same by birth.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 5–10Property is meant neither for luxury nor for the manifestation of pride.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 11–14Man-made laws have some bias or the other.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 15–18If a man or a woman commits an act considered a sin according to Islamic tenets, he or she will be dealt with in accordance with the rule of law, and not arbitrarily.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 19–22Undoubtedly, the successors of a deceased person have the right to inherit his property.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 23–25Many natural desires make themselves felt in human beings—sexuality between man and woman being one of these.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 26–28There is nothing new about the moral standards laid down in the Quran.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 29–33One of the profitable ways in which the possessions of one person are shared by another is through the system of demand and supply; another way is through payment for services rendered.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 34–35A good woman is one who, conducting herself according to God’s plan, accepts the role of man as leader.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 36–40Literally ‘what your right hands possess’.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 41–43A dayee or a messenger of Truth happens to be just an ordinary person at the start of his mission.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 44–46They took the words of their divine Book and recited them to solicit blessings without trying to understand their meaning or applying them to their lives.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 47–50The Jews were thought to be the representatives of the religion of God.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 51–57The Jews, thinking that they belonged to the race of prophets, projected their community as a sacred one.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 58–63Every responsibility is a trust which must be properly discharged.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 64–70A prophet is not sent to the world to raise a group of followers who will wax eloquent in his praise and cover him in glory.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 71–76This world is a place of trial; hence everyone has freedom of action here.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 77–79The opponents of Islam in Makkah used to persecute Muslims before the Migration.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 80–83The acknowledgment of the dayee is to accept ‘a human being like oneself’.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 84–87One form that religiosity takes is the public observance of certain outward rites and, without making any changes in one’s life, regarding oneself as a religious person.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 88–91During difficult times the only guarantee of keeping alive the message of the Truth is for the dayee, despite trying conditions, to remain firm in his commitment and carry on his mission, even if there happens to be no one to support him.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 92–93Killing is a heinous and irreversible crime.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 94–96In essence, these verses primarily lay down the law on premeditated and unpremeditated modes of crime, but they also suggest ways, under the divine law, of dealing with and checking other serious crimes in the public realm.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 97–100A believer naturally wants a free environment where his believing personality may find full opportunities to express itself.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 101–104A believer naturally wants a free environment where his believing personality may find full opportunities to express itself.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 105–108Living along with others is a need felt by every human being.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 109–113This world is a place of trial.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 114–115The issuing of a genuine call to the truth amounts to the establishment of God’s balance of justice on the earth.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 116–122Opposition to the call of truth and victimization of the followers of the giver of that call are unforgivable offences in the eyes of God.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 123–126When the People of the Book, that is, believers in God and the Hereafter, become engrossed in the world, they do not do so by refusing to believe in God and the existence of the Hereafter.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 127–130When people asked the Prophet about the injunctions of the shariah on various social matters, he was instructed by God that great emphasis must be laid on goodness, justice, fraternity and piety.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 131–134The virtuous life that a believer is expected to live is possible only when he has become a God-worshipper in his very heart and soul.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verse 135In life it often happens that man is confronted with a situation where, on the one hand, lies the path of desire and self-interest, and on the other hand, lies the path of justice.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 136–139‘Believers, believe’ is like saying, ‘Muslims become Muslims!’Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 140–141Whenever the call of God is addressed to any human group, its basis is so strong that it is not possible to refute it by arguments.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 142–147Those who have not surrendered themselves to God succumb to worldly interests.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 148–152In spite of knowing Islam to be the true religion, the hypocrites do not want to abandon their worldly interests.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 153–154God’s prophet is a man amongst human beings.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 155–158The Jews had Scriptures revealed to them in which they were asked to surrender to the will of God in this world, in return for which God would grant them Paradise in the next.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 159–162When a group opts for a self-styled religion instead of the divine religion, it decides upon certain self-styled signs to show its religious status.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 163–165God created man, and then He created Paradise and Hell.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 166–170However, according to the requirements of the age, different prophets received different kinds of succour from God.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 171–173It is a human weakness to see any outstanding aspect in anything and then hold exaggerated views about it.Chapter 4, Women (Al-Nisa’) · verses 174–176When a divine call is made to human beings, it is so loud and clear that it amounts to wiping out darkness and illuminating life’s realities to the ultimate extent.