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her husband to take her back until she has done ghusl following the
third menstrual cycle.16' Al-Quroo' in Arabic is the plural of qar',
which means menses, but it also means purification.'62
Another example is his understanding of the verse $or you
have been in contact with women) (Qur'an 4: 43) as referring to
intercourse. He said: Al-Lamas (lit. touching) means intercourse, hut
AUah (s) implied it here.'63 The people interpreted touching in the
verse $And if you divorce them before you have touched them, and
you have appointed unto them the mahr [bridal-money given by the
husband to his wife at the time of maniagel) (Qur'an 2: 237) as
referring to being alone with them. He said: What is meant by
touching here is being alone with.'64 So he ruled that it is obligatory
to pay the dowry in full if the husband has been alone with the
wife.165 He also said: If he drew the curtain on his wife and closed the
door, then the bridal gift and the 'iddah become
3.5.6. Understanding the text
in the light of another text
An example of this is that Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali (&)
understood the verse $And never will Allah grant to the disbelievers a
way [to triumph] over the believers) (Qur'an 4: 141) as referring to the
Day of Resurrection, because of the [preceding] words $AIM will
judge between you [all] on the Day of Resurrection.) (Qur'arz 4: 141).
That was when a man came to him and asked him: How do we
understand this verse, dAnd never will Allah grant to the disbelievers
a way (to triumph) over the believers?) (Qur'an 4: 141) 'Ali (&)
said: Come closer to me. Allah (B) will judge between you on the
Day of Resurrection, and Allah (g) will never grant to the
disbelievers a way (to triumph) over the be1ie~ers.l~~
He understood the verse, $And by the roof raised high)
(Qur'an 52: 5) as referring to the heaven, because of what was