Book review continued:
WALLACE TOM Jr. (2015) Refuting Islam, The Christian Patriots Guide to Exposing the Evils of Islam, Bellingham, Fundamental Publishers.
The Noble Qur'an
Cited
Qur'an in Surah 2:223
YUSUF ALI
Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will; but do some good act
SHAKIR
Your wives are a tilth for you, so go into your tilth when you like, and do good beforehand for yourselves
PICKTHALL
Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as ye will, and send (good deeds) before
MUHSIN KHAN
Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will, and send (good deeds, or ask
SAYYID ABUL ALA MAUDUDI (2:223)
Your wives are your tilth; go, then, into your tilth as you wish1
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Wallace references this section from the Qur'an in Surah 2:223 and explains that the meaning of tilth is a plowed field. (87). He writes that Islamic scholars interpret this as meaning that the wife is the field for the husband to plant his seed, whenever and however he desires. (87).
Does this means that all within Islam follow this teaching in a conservative fashion? No. Perhaps it will be interpreted less strictly and more liberally by many. But will many strict Muslims interpret this in a more conservative, fundamentalistic way? Yes, indeed.
