Bearers of Seed (2:223)

One of the Quran’s verses often butchered in translation and interpretation is Sura 2: The Heifer (Al-Baqarah), verse 223. نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَـٰقُوهُ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ Here are some of the standard traditional Sunni translations of this verse. Your wives are your tilth; go, then, unto … Continue reading Bearers of Seed (2:223)