Its not that simple to come on some kind of conclusion, remember we have so many firkay, And Fowling a Alim, so the question is which Alim, from which firka....Any way its our duty to read Quran and try to understand it....We will get reward of good intention (neat) from the blessing of Allah (InshaAllah)
Faiza with due respect, you started this discussion, by pasting material from another source,
without giving your own point of view. So it should have been much better, if you may have added your own comments on the subject. For the time being, we may presume that we do not belong to any Firka and we are not following any Alim, except that we resort to one source which is common and agreeable to everyone i.e. Quran. So depending upon the verses of Sura Nisa which you have quoted in your initial post, mine position is:
a) Quran is not the sole property of Muslims only but it is for all mankind;
b) the way of address in the opening first verse of Surah Nisa, is to all mankind
and not to Believers only.
c) When the way of address is to all mankind then in it everyone irrespective of his/her religion, fiqa, nationality, colour, locality, region etc etc are included.
d) After explaining the universality of total human race, Allah Bari Tala warns all mankind to be afraid of Him and also to the Arhaam from where they are born and
again reminds the human race that He is always a Watcher over them.
e) AND, then in second verse, Allah exhorts the humans (all mankind) that they should give to orphans their(orphanss wealth), and should not exchange the good things with bad ones, and not devor their(orphans) wealth into their(mankinds) own wealth; and
warns that (doing such a thing) is great sin.
f) f) AND, if Ye(all mankind) fear that you will not be able to deal
in Orphans fairly, THEN marry from women whom you like, two, three, four, THEN if ye(all mankind) fear that ye will not able to do justice, THEN ONLY ONE
g)
So the subject of dealing about Orphans go on till verse No.10.
Now you can see yourself, without being into any firqa or without being utilizing the services of any Alim etc., the things are pretty clear:
i) Address is to all mankind; (not exclusively to Believers only).
ii) Subject matter is mainly about Orphans
iii) Only those can think of marrying more than one wife, who fulfill
these conditions of
Orphans;
iv) It is not the blank permission to everyone to marry as per his
Lust and Desires
only.
v) There is no such permission exclusively to Believers, which may start like this:
Oh you who believe, marry the women of your likings, two, three, or four, but
if you fear that you will not do justice with more than one wife, then only one,.
ABSOLUTELY THERE IS NO SUCH VERSE EXCLUSIVELY TO BELIEVERS.
Now if someone wishes to make hay and get the services of his/her firka and preferred Alim plus preferred Tafsirs, so that Quranic verses can be twisted to benefit his desires, then that is another case. I always quote that Allah has given conditional permission to even eat Haram (including Pork) in exceptional circumstances, does it mean that it is a blank permission, A BIG QUESTION TO all those who wish to apply such conditional permissions to satisfy their lust and desires with the help of Alims, Tafsirs, Taweels, Sects and whatever. Now you please tell me, Fiaza, where you differ or agree?
