OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO. 224)

      There was a scuffle between ABDULLAH - IBN - REVAHEH one of the prophet's companions and his son in law, when he swore not to interfere in their affairs, and take no part in their concerns. This verse came down to prohibit this kind of oaths.

COMMENTS

      This verse and the next one are about misapply of oaths, and it counts an introductory to the argument about ``EELAA'' which is leaving sexual intercourse with wives, merely by an oath. Such was an Arab's custom of the Pagan Era, which many a time resulted in the separation between husband and wife. The verse is: ``Do not make Allah the subject of your oaths, for such and such trifles.'' It implies that swearing is not a good deed, unless it be for something important.