Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
Verse 242of 286
كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٢٤٢﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.
Word-by-word meaning
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause your intellect
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Ayah (2:240) was abrogatedThe majority of the scholars said that this Ayah (2:240) was abrogated by the Ayah (2:234), what Allah said:يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا(...they (the wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage) for four months and ten days.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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