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ʾillā l-mustaḍʿafīna mina r-rijāli wa-n-nisāʾi wa-l-wildāni lā yastaṭīʿūna ḥīlatan wa-lā yahtadūna sabīlan
Except the oppressed among men, women and children, who have neither access to any means nor are guided to any way.
— Ali Quli Qarai
4An-Nisā’النساءVerse 98 of 176
The Women4. An-Nisā’النساء
Al Nisā’
The Women
MedinanVerse 98 of 176
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 98
98. "Except the feeble among the men, women, and children, who neither have in their power the means nor do they know any way."
Those who know the truth and are able to move around and change the environment are not among the oppressed. These persons have not any excuse for the abandonment of emigration. Then, those who have neither any device to ward off infidelity nor any way toward the right, are the oppressed nor such people have no religious oblation. (A tradition narrated from Imam Baqir (as), cited in Tafsir-us-Safi, vol. 1, p.454.) However, the real apologies are accepted, but seeking excuses are not.