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An-Nisa 4:34

ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّـٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُواْ مِنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٞ لِّلۡغَيۡبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱلَّـٰتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ فِي ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ فَإِنۡ أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ فَلَا تَبۡغُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ سَبِيلًاۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيّٗا كَبِيرٗا

Men are the caretakers of women, as men have been provisioned by Allah over women and tasked with supporting them financially. And righteous women are devoutly obedient and, when alone, protective of what Allah has entrusted them with. And if you sense ill-conduct from your women, advise them ˹first˺, ˹if they persist,˺ do not share their beds, ˹but if they still persist,˺ then discipline them ˹gently˺. But if they change their ways, do not be unjust to them. Surely Allah is Most High, All-Great.

Word by word

ٱلرِّجَالُ
al-rijālu
[The] men
Vocabulary
Root: رجل
قَوَّـٰمُونَ
qawwāmūna
(are) protectors
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
عَلَى
ʿalā
of
Vocabulary
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
the women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
بِمَا
bimā
because
Vocabulary
فَضَّلَ
faḍḍala
(has) bestowed
Vocabulary
Root: فضل
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بَعۡضَهُمۡ
baʿḍahum
some of them
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
Vocabulary
بَعۡضٖ
baʿḍin
others
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
وَبِمَآ
wabimā
and because
Vocabulary
أَنفَقُواْ
anfaqū
they spend
Vocabulary
Root: نفق
مِنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ
amwālihim
their wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ
fal-ṣāliḥātu
So the righteous women
Vocabulary
Root: صلح
قَٰنِتَٰتٌ
qānitātun
(are) obedient
Vocabulary
Root: قنت
حَٰفِظَٰتٞ
ḥāfiẓātun
guarding
Vocabulary
Root: حفظ
لِّلۡغَيۡبِ
lil'ghaybi
in the unseen
Vocabulary
Root: غيب
بِمَا
bimā
that which
Vocabulary
حَفِظَ
ḥafiẓa
(orders) them to guard
Vocabulary
Root: حفظ
ٱللَّهُۚ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَٱلَّـٰتِي
wa-allātī
And those (from) whom
Vocabulary
تَخَافُونَ
takhāfūna
you fear
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
نُشُوزَهُنَّ
nushūzahunna
their ill-conduct
Vocabulary
Root: نشز
فَعِظُوهُنَّ
faʿiẓūhunna
then advise them
Vocabulary
Root: وعظ
وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ
wa-uh'jurūhunna
and forsake them
Vocabulary
Root: هجر
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ
l-maḍājiʿi
the bed
Vocabulary
Root: ضجع
وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ
wa-iḍ'ribūhunna
and set forth to them / strike them
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
Then if
Vocabulary
أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ
aṭaʿnakum
they obey you
Vocabulary
Root: طوع
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
Vocabulary
تَبۡغُواْ
tabghū
seek
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
عَلَيۡهِنَّ
ʿalayhinna
against them
Vocabulary
سَبِيلًاۗ
sabīlan
a way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
عَلِيّٗا
ʿaliyyan
Most High
Vocabulary
Root: علو
كَبِيرٗا
kabīran
Most Great
Vocabulary
Root: كبر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.