What is the wisdom behind combining two unrelated matters in a single verse, such as in the Almighty's saying: {O Children of Adam, take your adornment at every mosque, and eat and drink, but be not excessive; indeed, He likes not those who are excessive}?
The Holy Quran is the most eloquent of all speech in its eloquence, and its wisdom and eloquence must be believed in. The wisdom behind combining the command to take one's adornment with the command to eat and drink is that a servant is in need of clothing and food without extravagance, as stated in the : "Eat, drink, give charity, and wear (clothes) without extravagance or showing off." It was also part of the wisdom to invalidate what was customary among the Arabs, namely that those arriving in Mecca from outside the (sacred precinct) would circumambulate without clothing, and that food not taken from them would be left untouched. They used to stipulate that people should circumambulate in their clothes and eat from their food, and some of them would not eat fatty food and would circumambulate naked. So the command came: "Take your adornment at every masjid (place of prostration), and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant."
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