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(140) قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلادَهُمْ سَفَهاً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
وَ حَرَّمُوا ما رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ افْتِراءً عَلَى اللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَ ما
كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ
140. " Indeed are lost those who slay their children foolishly without
knowledge, and forbid what Allah has provided them, forging falsehood against
Allah. They have certainly gone astray and they are not guided aright."
Commentary :
Ibn-'Abbashas said that whoever wishes to know the quantity of the ignorance
of the peoples at the time of pre Islamic ignorance, may recite the verses of
Sura Al-'An'am, (Those very verses that were previously discussed) .
The ignorant Arabs, imagining to become nigh to the idols, or on the
supposition that they would protect honour and nobility, sacrificed their
daughters before idols or buried them alive.
Once there happened that a man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and explained
the cause of his worriedness to him. The man said that at the Age of Ignorance
Allah had given him a daughter. He wanted to kill her but her wife severely
hindered him from committing that action. That girl matured and there came a
solicitor for her. His zeal did not let him to accept the situation. On the
other hand, it was not approriate for her to remain without husband, either. One
day, he brought her to a field outside the town and dropped her down into a
well. Whatever more she moaned, he did not care.
At this time, the messenger of Allah wept and said: " Had it not been that
the past was forgiven, I would have punished you."
Explanations :
1. Superstitions are condemned with the most intensive statements.
2. Ignorance and foolishness are the causes of loss. (These losses
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