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« merciful to you [4:29] in that He forbade transgression to you, so that you might not perish, which is further expounded in His words, Exalted is He: 1 The word niḥla can mean both a gift and a religion, so it is synonymous with dīn or diyāna. 2 In this passage, three different words for payments due to women upon their marriage have been used: ṣadāq, niḥla and mahr. There does not appear to be any practical difference in the application of these words, though it is interesting to note that the first is derived from the root ṣ-d-q meaning to be sincere, which is said to indicate that the man in giving »