The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:34
الرِّجَالُ
قَوَّامُونَ
عَلَى
النِّسَاءِ
بِمَا
فَضَّلَ
اللَّهُ
بَعْضَهُمْ
عَلَى
بَعْضٍ
وَبِمَا
أَنفَقُوا
مِنْ
أَمْوَالِهِمْ
فَالصَّالِحَاتُ
قَانِتَاتٌ
حَافِظَاتٌ
لِّلْغَيْبِ
بِمَا
حَفِظَ
اللَّهُ
وَاللَّاتِي
تَخَافُونَ
نُشُوزَهُنَّ
فَعِظُوهُنَّ
وَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ
فِي
الْمَضَاجِعِ
وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ
فَإِنْ
أَطَعْنَكُمْ
فَلَا
تَبْغُوا
عَلَيْهِنَّ
سَبِيلًا
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَلِيًّا
كَبِيرًا
ar-rijālu qawwāmūna ʿalā n-nisāʾi bi-mā faḍḍala llāhu baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin wa-bi-mā ʾanfaqū min ʾamwālihim fa-ṣ-ṣāliḥātu qānitātun ḥāfiẓātun li-l-ghaybi bi-mā ḥafiẓa llāhu wa-llātī takhāfūna nushūzahunna fa-ʿiẓūhunna wa-hjurūhunna fī l-maḍājiʿi wa-ḍribūhunna fa-ʾin ʾaṭaʿnakum fa-lā tabghū ʿalayhinna sabīlan ʾinna llāha kāna ʿaliyyan kabīran
Men are the protectors of women because of the greater preference that God has given to some of them and because they financially support them. Among virtuous women are those who are steadfast in prayer and dependable in keeping the secrets that God has protected. Admonish women who disobey (God's laws), do not sleep with them and beat them. If they obey (the laws of God), do not try to find fault in them. God is High and Supreme.
