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they have purified themselves ye may approach them in any manner time or place ordained
for you by Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who
keep themselves pure and clean. 247248
247 Azan: hurt, pollution. Both aspects must be remembered. Physical cleanliness and purity make for health, bodily and
spiritual. But the matter should be looked at from the woman's point of view as well as the man's. To her there is
danger of hurt, and she should have every consideration. In the animal world, instinct is a guide which is obeyed.
Man should in this respect be better: he is often worse. (2.222)
248 Haithu: A comprehensive word referring to manner, time, or place. The most delicate matters are here referred to in
the most discreet and yet helpful terms. In sex morality, manner, time, and place are all important: and the highest
standards are set by social laws, by our own refined instinct of mutual consideration, and above all, by the light shed
by the highest Teachers form the wisdom which they receive from our Maker, Who loves purity and cleanliness in all
things. (2.222)
2:223 - Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will. But do some
good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah and know that ye are to meet Him (in the
Hereafter) and give (these) good tidings to those who believe. 249250
249 Sex is not a thing to be ashamed of, or to be treated lightly, or to be indulged to excess. It is as solemn a fact as any
in life. It is compared to a husbandman's tilth; it is a serious affair to him; he sows the seed in order to reap the
harvest. But he chooses his own time and mode of cultivation. He does not sow out of season nor cultivate in a
manner which will injure or exhaust the soul. He is wise and considerate and does not run riot. Coming from the
simile to human beings, every kind of mutual consideration is required, but above all, we must remember that even in
these matters there is a spiritual aspect. We must never forget our souls, and that we are responsible to God. (2.223)
4:1 – O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single person created of
like nature his mate and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;
reverence Allah through Whom ye demand your mutual (rights) and (reverence) the wombs
(that bore you): for Allah ever watches over you. 504505506
506 Among the most wonderful mysteries of our nature is that of sex. The unregenerate male is apt, in the pride of his
physical strength, to forget the all-important part which the female plays in his very existence, and in all the social
relationships that arise in our collective human lives. The mother that bore us must ever have our reverence. The wife,
through whom we enter parentage, must have our reverence. Sex, which governs so much of our physical life, and
has so much influence on our emotional and higher nature, deserves-not our fear, or our contempt, or our amused
indulgence, but-our reverence in the highest sense of the term. With this fitting introduction we enter on a discussion
of women, orphans, and family relationships. (4.1)
23:5 - Who abstain from sex 2867
2867 The Muslim must guard himself against every kind of sex abuse or sex perversion. The new
psychology associated with the name of Freud traces many of our hidden motives to sex, and
it is common knowledge that our refinement or degradation may be measured by the hidden
workings of our sex instincts. But even the natural and lawful exercise of sex is restricted to
the marriage bond, under which the rights of both parties are duly regulated and maintained.
(23.5)
23:6 - Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond or (the captives) whom their right
hands possess for (in their case) they are free from blame 2868
2868 This is further explained and amplified in iv. 25. (23.6)
24:1 – A Surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained: in it have We sent down
Clear Signs in order that ye may receive admonition. 2953
2953 It must not be thought that the checking of sex offences or of minor improprieties, that relate to sex or privacy, are
matters that do not affect spiritual life in the highest degree. These matters are intimately connected with spiritual
teaching such as Allah has sent down in this Sura. The emphasis is on "We": these things are not mere matters of
convenience, but Allah has ordained them for our observance in life. (24.1)
24:30 - Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that
will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. 2983
2983 The rule of modesty applies to men as well as women. A brazen stare by a man at a woman (or even at a man) is a
breach of refined manners. Where sex is concerned, modesty is not only "good form": it is not only to guard the
weaker sex, but also to guard the spiritual good of the stronger sex. (24.30)
24:31 - And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty;
that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear
thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except
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