Tafsir of An-Nisa' 4:28

Surah An-Nisa' 4:28

ﱏ ﱐ ﱑ ﱒ ﱓ ﱔ ﱕ ﱖ ﱗ

And Allah wants to lighten for you [your difficulties]; and mankind was created weak.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

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يريد الله أن يخفف عنكم

Allah wishes to lighten (the burden) for you, His legislation, orders, what He prohibits and what He decrees for you. This is why Allah has allowed free men to marry slave girls under certain conditions, as Mujahid and others have stated.

وخلق اﻻنسان ضعيفا

and man was created weak. and this is why it is suitable in his case that the commands are made easy for him, because of his weakness and feebleness. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Tawus said that,

وخلق اﻻنسان ضعيفا

(and man was created weak), "Concerning women.'' Waki said, "Man's mind leaves when women are involved.''