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نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُواْ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ وَقَدِّمُواْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوۤاْ أَنَّكُمْ مُّلاَقُوهُ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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-Al-Baqarah ( البقرة )

Al Qushairi Tafsir

[2:223] Your women are a tillage for you; so come to your tillage as you wish; and offer for your souls; and fear God; and know that you shall meet Him; and give good tidings to the believers.
Because the bodily and lower selves are defined by absence from reality (al-ḥaqīqa), their finding rest with their mates is allowable where that has been permitted. But when hearts are in the place of presence (maḥall al-ḥu?ūr), it is forbidden for them to be with any others and created beings.
And offer for your souls those righteous deeds that will benefit you on the day of your insolvency, and because of this He said, 'and know that you shall meet Him'. So look to yourselves in offering what can be found that will ease the way for you before your Lord.