مَا جَعَلَ اللهُ لِرَجُل مِنْ قَلْبَیْنِ فِی جَوْفِهِ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزْوَاجَکُمُ الاَّئِى تُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِکُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِیَاءَکُمْ أَبْنَاءَکُمْ ذَلِکُمْ قَوْلُکُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِکُمْ وَاللهُ یَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ یَهْدِی السَّبِیلَ(( 4 ))

4- ALLAH HAS NOT MADE TWO HEARTS FOR A MAN WITHIN HIM, NOR HAS HE MADE YOUR WIVES THAT YOU MAKE THEM BY ``ZIHÄR'' YOUR MOTHERS; NEITHER HAS HE MADE YOUR ADOPTED SONS YOUR (REAL) SONS. THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS UTTERED BY YOUR MOUTH. AND ALLAH SAYS THE TRUTH, AND HE SHOWS THE WAY.

ادْعُوهُمْ لاِ بَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا آبَاءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُکُمْ فِی الدِّینِ وَمَوَالِیکُمْ وَلَیْسَ عَلَیْکُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِیمَا أَخْطَأْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَکِنْ مَا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُکُمْ وَکَانَ اللهُ غَفُوراً رَحِیم(( 5 ))

5- CALL THEM (YOUR ADOPTED SONS) BY THEIR FATHERS. IT IS MORE JUST IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH. THEN IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THEIR FATHERS, (CONSIDER THEM AS) YOUR RELIGIOUS BROTHERS, AND YOUR CLIENTS (MAWALI). AND THERE IS NO FAULT IN YOU IN WHAT YOU HAVE MISTAKEN, CONCERNING IT, BUT NOT THAT WHICH YOUR HEARTS DELIBERATE; AND ALLAH IS ALL-FORGIVING, COMPASSIONATE.

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النَّبِىُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِینَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ وَأُوْلُوا الاَْرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَى بِبَعْض فِی کِتَابِ اللهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِینَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا إِلَى أَوْلِیَائِکُمْ مَعْرُوفاً کَانَ ذَلِکَ فِی الْکِتَابِ مَسْطُور(( 6 ))

6- THE PROPHET IS PRIOR TO THE BELIEVERS THAN THEMSELVES, AND HIS WIVES ARE THEIR MOTHERS. AND SOME OF THE BLOOD-RELATIVES HAVE PRIORITY OVER SOME OTHERS IN THE BOOK OF ALLAH, OF THE BELIEVERS AND EMIGRANTS, UNLESS YOU MAY WANT TO DO A FAVOUR TO YOUR FRIENDS, (BY LEAVING THEM BEQUESTS). THIS IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.