*,:, 6. Do not hand over the charge of property belonging to you which Allah has made for 

you as a means of support, to those who are mentally incapable of managing it properly. 

So feed them therewith and clothe them properly and speak kindly to them. 

Note: Here the society is addressed as a whole while the property in question is not national 

property but belongs to the orphans whose number grows exceedingly large during wars. 

Obviously a considerable part of national wealth will be involved in such exceptional 

circumstances. Tf a nation as a whole docs not take care of such property and leaves it entirely 

to the care of children, inexperienced and incapable of handling their wealth sensibly, this is 

bound to adversely influence the entire national economy. To resolve this problem the nation 

is addressed as a whole and made responsible for the proper care of the properly in question as 

if it belonged to them. It docs not mean, however, that such orphans will be disinherited or 

dispossessed of their individual rights permanently. The following verse and the verse 11 

make the real import of this verse abundantly clear.