Al-Quran - The Miracle of Miracles [ deedat]

the Holy Qur'an, chapter 2 verse 234. A reference which is very easy to remember -
2:234, just 2234!
If any of you die
and leave widows behind,
They shall wait concerning themselves
four months and ten days:
When they have fulfilled their term,
there is no blame on you
if they dispose of themselves
in a just and reasonable manner.
And God is well acquainted
with what ye do.
I asked the audience, "FOUR MONTHS AND TEN DAYS, do you need any
interpretation!?" They all answered in chorus, "NO!", I explained to the learned clergy
the wisdom behind the period of "four months and ten days." In the preceding verses, in
this Last and Final Testament of God, we were told about the period of waiting after
divorce:
Divorced women shall wait
concerning themselves
for three monthly periods ...
(HOLY QUR'AN 2:228)
This is in order to see that the marriage conditionally dissolved was likely to result in an
issue. Whereas in the case of widowhood an extra period of one month and ten days are
prescribed. Very logical everyone will agree, but what is miraculous about all this? Any
wise man could have guessed these 3 months period after divorce and 4 months and ten
days after the demise of the husband. Muhummed's (pbuh) guess is as good as anybody
else's! This is true, but the proof that all this healthy useful teaching is not Muhummed's
(pbuh) handiwork is in the verse following the 4 months and ten days period:
There is no blame on you
if ye make an offer of betrothal
or hold it in your hearts.
God knows that ye cherish
them in your hearts:
But do not enter into a
secret contract with them
except in terms honourable,
Nor resolve on the tie of marriage
till the term prescribed
is fulfilled.
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