The Majestic Quran

9 Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and deal with them firmly. Hell is their resting place; what a terrible home! 10 God gives an example to the disbelievers of the wife of the Prophet Noah and the wife of the Prophet Lot; both women were married to two of our devout and righteous servants, but they betrayed them. So their husbands couldn’t save them from God at all. It will be said, “Both of you enter into the Fire along, with the other entrants.” T 11 God gives an example to the believers of Pharaoh’s wife, when she said, “My Lord, build for me a house near you in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his works, and save me from the evildoers.” 12 And the second example is of Mary, the daughter of Imran, who protected her chastity, and We blew in her Our spirit, and she accepted the truth of Her Lord’s Words and the Scriptures, and she was an obedient woman. 1 ‘ Idda is the legal waiting term. It is three menstruation periods, or the end of pregnancy, or three months and ten days for a widow. 2 The time of childbirth marks the end of the prescribed waiting term for a divorced pregnant woman. She is now free to marry and therefore will be like a stranger to her former husband. It is the duty of the father to make the arrangements for the newborn; that is why she can negotiate in maintenance fees. 3 Al-Tahreem literally means “to prohibit and make unlawful”. However, here it refers to the Prophet r avoiding eating honey, rather than regarding it as unlawful.