Al-Ahzab 33:4 ما جعل الله لرجل من قلبين في جوفه وما جعل ازواجكم اللايي تظاهرون منهن امهاتكم وما جعل ادعياءكم ابناءكم ذالكم قولكم بافواهكم والله يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل ٤
مَّا
جَعَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لِرَجُلٖ
مِّن
قَلۡبَيۡنِ
فِي
جَوۡفِهِۦۚ
وَمَا
جَعَلَ
أَزۡوَٰجَكُمُ
ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي
تُظَٰهِرُونَ
مِنۡهُنَّ
أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۚ
وَمَا
جَعَلَ
أَدۡعِيَآءَكُمۡ
أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡۚ
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
قَوۡلُكُم
بِأَفۡوَٰهِكُمۡۖ
وَٱللَّهُ
يَقُولُ
ٱلۡحَقَّ
وَهُوَ
يَهۡدِي
ٱلسَّبِيلَ
٤
God does not put two hearts within a man’s breast. He does not turn the wives you reject and liken to your mothers’ backs into your real mothers; nor does He make your adopted sons into real sons. These are only words from your mouths, while God speaks the truth and guides people to the right path.
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Abolition of Adoption
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Before Allah discusses ideas and theoretical matters, He gives tangible examples: one man cannot have two hearts in his body, and
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