However, if he chose to stay back, I am not the one who would turn out a person who would like to stay with me | But when the Holy Prophet deliberately forbade Zaid to divorce his wife so that he himself might be saved from what he feared would cause him defamatian, Allah found this below the high position that He wanted His Prophet to enjoy, whereas Allah intended to effect a great reform through this marriage of the Prophet |
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If he chose to go, I would take no ransom but would Iet Trim go with you | The Holy Prophet said, "I shall call the boy and leave it to him whether he would like to go with you or stay with me |
While studying these verses one should bear in mind the fact that this Divine discourse was not meant for the instruction of the enemies who were engaged.
6" Thereafter, he began to be called Zaid bin Muhammad by the people | " They said, "This is perfectly right and just |
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If this the sentence is read with verses 1, 2, 3 and 7 of this Surah, one can clearly see that in the very days when bitterness was increasing between Hadrat Zaid and his wife, Allah had hinted to His Prophet that when Zaid had divorced his wife, he would Inave to marry the divorced lady | All this happened before the Holy Prophet's advent as a Prophet |
The words 'You were fearing the people, whereas Allah has a greater right that you should fear Him," clearly point to the same theme.
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