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An-Nisa, 34 - Wikipedia
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Verse
ﺎء ِﺑ َﻤﺎ َﻓﻀ َﻞ ا ُ ﻮن َﻋﻠَﯽ اﻟﻨ َﺴ ِ اﻣ َ ﺎل َﻗﻮ ُ اﻟﺮ َﺟ ُ
َﺑ ْﻌ َﻀ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋﻠَ ٰﯽ َﺑ ْﻌ ٍﺾ َو ِﺑ َﻤﺎ ا ْﻧ َﻔ ُﻘﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻣ َﻮا ِﻟ ِﻬ ْﻢ ۚ
ﺎت ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐ ْﯿ ِﺐ ِﺑ َﻤﺎ َﺣ ِﻔ َﻆﺎﻓ َﻈ ٌ ﺎت َﻗﺎ ِﻧﺘَ ٌ
ﺎت َﺣ ِ َﻓﺎﻟﺼﺎ ِﻟ َﺤ ُ
ﻮﻫﻦﻮن ُﻧ ُﺸﻮ َز ُﻫﻦ َﻓ ِﻌ ُﻈ ُ ﺎﻓ َ ا ُ ۚ َواﻟﻼ ِﺗﯽ َﺗ َﺨ ُ
ُﻮﻫﻦ ۖ َﻓﺎ ْن
اﺿ ِﺮﺑ ُﺎﺟ ِﻊ َو ْ ِ ﻀ َ ﻤ
َ ْ
اﻟ وﻫﻦ ِﻓﯽاﻫ ُﺠ ُﺮ ُ َو ْ
ﯿﻼ ۗ ان ا َ ﮐ َ َ
ﺎن ا َﻃ ْﻌ َﻨﮑُ ْﻢ َﻓ َﻼ َﺗ ْﺒ ُﻐﻮا َﻋﻠَ ْﯿﻬﻦ َﺳ ِﺒ ً
ِ
َﻋ ِﻠ ًﯿﺎ ﮐ َ ِﺒ ً
ﯿﺮا
Transliteration
English translations
Marmaduke Pickthall:[2]
Ahmad Shafaat:[5]
Men are (meant to be righteous
and kind) guardians of women
because God has favored some
more than others and because
they (i.e. men) spend out of their
wealth. (In their turn) righteous
women are (meant to be)
devoted and to guard what God
has (willed to be) guarded even
though out of sight (of the
husband). As for those (women)
on whose part you fear ill-will
and nasty conduct, admonish
them (first), (next) leave them
alone in beds (and last) beat or
separate them (from you). But if
they obey you, then seek nothing
against them. Behold, God is
most high and great.
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri:[6]
Verses in context
1: Obedient or Qanitat
1: to admonish them
1: Exalted
2: Great
See also
Islam and domestic violence
Criticism of the Qur'an
Women and Islam
Female figures in the Qur'an
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External links
Ghent University | Does Qur'anic verse
4:34 "allow a superior husband to beat
his inferior, disobedient wife?"
The Sublime Quran: The
misinterpretation of Chapter 4 Verse 34
Exegesis by Ahmad Shafaat
Comprehensive study of evidence FOR
and AGAINST wife beating in Islam
QuranicPath | The Myth that Women
have to "Obey" their Husbands (Analysis
of 4:34)
QuranicPath | Collection of 4:34
Translations which do not use
"beat/scourge/hit" (violence)
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