What is the difference between the curse of Allah and the wrath of Allah mentioned in Surat An-Nur (verses 7 and 9), and is one of them greater than the other, and what is the wisdom behind singling out the curse for men and the wrath for women?
Lana (cursing/expulsion) is banishment and removal from good, and ghadab (wrath/anger) is the opposite of رضا (رضا). Allah's wrath is greater than His curse, and it is not exclusive to disbelievers. Cursing was specifically mentioned for the man in the fifth oath of Mula'ana because the man is one who banishes his family and his child, and the meaning of cursing is banishment. Whereas wrath was specifically mentioned for the woman because the woman provokes her husband, her family, and her Lord to anger. Furthermore, the woman is accustomed to mentioning curses with her tongue, and it is most likely that a man does not endure the disgrace of his family with adultery unless he is truthful, and the one upon whom wrath has fallen knows the truth yet deviates from it.
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