Grade 12 Unit IV Chapter 1 : Marriage is the path to Chastity Surat un Nur (32 – 34)

Islamic Studies Grade 12 Unit IV Chapter 1 :

Marriage is the path to Chastity Surat un Nur (32 – 34)

Learning Objective :

• Interpret the meaning of the verses 32 to 34 of Surat un Nur of the
Holy Quran and adopt the values expressed in them.

• Explain the effects of adultery

• Infer the measures for combatting adultery.

Competency : Critical Thinking Problem Solving

Value : Care , Respect

Answer the following questions :

1.What are the hazards associated with failure to facilitate marriage ?

(i) Spread of adultery and fornication. (ii) Children born out of wedlock. (iii)Spread of diseases.

2.Arabic Vocabulary

And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and
female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and
Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations]
until Allah enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation]
from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know
there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you.
And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby]
the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed,
Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.

Word Meaning

Solitary A man or woman without a spouse

Your slaves A human being who is the property of another

Maid Servants A female slave

Keep chaste To diligently seek abstaining from fornication

Writing A contract between a slave and his owner on an amount of money to set the slave free

your slaves The male and female servants one possesses

Prostitution Fornication for an agreed sum of money

3. What are the measures that are to be taken to prevent fornication?

Islam promotes the prevention of the crime before it occurs. Measures stipulated by Islam are:
(i) Urging the youth to marry. (ii)Preserving chastity: If one is unable to get married, then he should try
to fast,

hoping Allah, will make his path to marriage easy. (iii) Prohibiting prostitution and all ways leading to it.

4. Prostitution is prohibited by human and international laws. Explain.

Prostitution is trading in sex managed by a group, headed by a criminal, who facilitates the process
and encourages others to engage in it, for materialistic interests and to gain power and authority.
It causes other crimes like abduction, coercion, murder and drug abuse, in addition to the humiliation
of human dignity.

5. Explain the concept of “Mukataba” contract.

Mukataba is a contract which gave the slaves the right to set themselves free, according to an
agreement between the two parties, the slave and the slave holder. Muslims were encouraged
to free slaves, or aid through their zakkaat in fulfilling the Mukataba contract.

6. What are some of the subjects, incorporated in the Holy Quran, from the following Holy verse :

And We have certainly sent down to you distinct verses and examples from those who passed
on before you and an admonition for those who fear Allah .

Some of the subjects which the ayah warns are about:

(1) State the laws concerning zina(fornication), qazf(false accusation of adultery)

and li’an(oath of condemnation).

(2) Forbid the believers to marry impure men or women.

(3) Prohibit the slandering of chaste people and propagating indecencies in

society.

(4) Lay stress on men and women to restrain their gaze and guard their private

parts.

(5) Prescribe the limits of Hijab for women.

(6) Disapprove of delaying marriage.

(7) Lay down the rule for slaves to earn their freedom through written

agreements.

(8) Ban prostitution to purify society. After all these commands and instructions, a warning is
being given that now if the people violated these instructions it would only mean that they wanted to
meet with the same doom as the lot of the wretched communities before them, whose stories
have been related in the Quran itself.