Tabari (1 passage)

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   When Iṭfīr (the woman's husband) saw the shirt torn from behind, he understood that it was her scheme. He said: إِنَّهُ مِنْ كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ (This is indeed of your scheming; truly, your scheming is tremendous.)

   19135 — Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, who said: The witness — meaning: the witness from her family — said: The shirt gives the decisive verdict between the two of them. إِنْ كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ * وَإِنْ كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ * فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَمِيصَهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ (If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has spoken the truth and he is one of the liars. And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied and he is one of the truthful. So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: This is indeed of your scheming; truly, your scheming is tremendous.)

   Abū Jaʿfar said: The "anna" that introduces the "testimony" (shahāda) has been omitted because the shahāda here has taken on the meaning of "saying" (qawl) — as though it read: "and someone from her family said: If his shirt..." — just as it is said: يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ (Allah enjoins you concerning your children: for the male the like of the portion of two females) [Sūrat al-Nisāʾ: 11], because "waṣiyya" (testament/injunction) there has taken on the meaning of "saying."

   His statement فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَمِيصَهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ is a report about the woman's husband — and he is the one who said to her: "This is of your scheming" — that is to say: of your doing, meaning the doing of women إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ .

   It has also been said: it is a report about the witness, that he is the one who said that.

   [Footnote 52: See the explanation of "kayd" (scheming) in what preceded, part 15: 558, note 2, and the sources mentioned there.]

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   فلما رأى إطفير قميصَه قدَّ من دُبر عرف أنه من كيدها , فقال: (إنه من كيدكن إن كيدكن عظيم). 19135 - حدثنا بشر , قال: حدثنا يزيد , قال: حدثنا سعيد , عن قتادة: قال ، يعني: الشاهدُ من أهلها ، : القميصُ يقضي بينهما، ( إِنْ كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ * وَإِنْ كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ * فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَمِيصَهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ). * * * قال أبو جعفر: وإنما حذفت " أنَّ" التي تتلقَّى بها " الشهادة " لأنه ذهب بالشهادة إلى معنى " القول " , كأنه قال: وقال قائل من أهلها: إن كان قميصه ، كما قيل: يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ [سورة النساء: 11]، لأنه ذهب بالوصية إلى " القول ". * * * وقوله: (فلما رأى قميصه قدّ من دبر) ، خبر عن زوج المرأة , وهو القائل لها: إن هذا الفعل من كيدكن ، أي: صنيعكن , يعني من صنيع النساء (52) ، ( إن كيدكن عظيم ). * * * وقيل: إنه خبر عن الشاهد أنه القائلُ ذلك. * * * ---------------------- الهوامش: (52) انظر تفسير" الكيد" فيما سلف 15 : 558 ، تعليق : 2 والمراجع هناك .