Transliteration:( Maa kaana 'alan nabiyyyi min harajin feemaa faradal laahu lahoo sunnatal laahi fil lazeena khalaw min qabl; wa kaana amrul laahi qadaram maqdooraa )
106. This means Oh My Beloved! Do not worry about the taunting of the people. That which Allah Almighty has made lawful, no one has the right to question it.
107. In this verse there is a reply to the taunting of the Jews and Nasara that since the believers are only allowed to marry four wives, why is keeping the Holy Prophet more wives? In reply, it has been declared that the blessed Prophets have specific laws.
Before the Holy Prophet the other Prophets had may wives; e.g Hazrat Dawood (On whom be peace) had one hundred wives and Hazrat Sulaiman (On whom be peace) had three hundred wives (Tafseer Khazainul Irfaan). Besides these wives, they had many handmaid's even the deities of Aryan and the hindu's had many wives.
108. This means that the marriages of the Prophets take place at the command of Allah Almighty. In this there are a thousand wisdoms. Their marriages are a means of propagating Islam. It is for this reason that the subject that follows it is regarding.
38. There is no blame on the Prophet in that which Allah has made legal for him. That has been Allah’s way with those who have passed away of old. And the command of Allah is a decree determined.
(There is no blame on the Prophet in that which Allah has made legal for him.) means, in that which has been permitted for him and which he has been commanded to do, i.e. his marrying Zaynab, may Allah be pleased with her,, who had been divorced by his adopted son Zayd bin Harithah,
(That has been Allah’s way with those who have passed away of old.) means this is the ruling of Allah for the Prophets who came before him. Allah would not command them to do anything for which they might be blamed. This is a refutation of those hypocrites who imagined that there was anything wrong with his marrying the ex-wife of Zayd, his freed slave and adopted son.
(And the command of Allah is a decree determined.) means, His command which He has decreed must inevitably come to pass; nothing can prevent it or avert it, for whatever He wills happens, and whatever He does not decree, does not happen.
(33:38) There could be no hindrance to the Prophet regarding what Allah ordained for him.[74] Such has been Allah’s Way (with the Prophets) who went before. Allah’s command is a decree firmly determined.[75]
74. These words show that for the other Muslims such a marriage is just permissible but for the Prophet (peace be upon him) it was a duty which Allah had imposed on him.
75. That is, for the Prophets it has always been a law that whatever command they receive from Allah, they have to act on it as a duty which they cannot in any case avoid. When Allah enjoins something on His Prophet (peace be upon him), he has to accomplish it even if the entire world is deadly opposed to it.
[1202]- Or permitted to him.
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