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    farida
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    By not replying ur question am I going against ur expectations? soon you'll get angry and will show ur anger by this ------> ( brickwall caution hitting ur ownself is as bad as hitting others.

    As for your "havn't u heard" part, I have also heard that Prophet Mohammad said if a wife refuses the husband angels curse her whole night!

    I have knowledge about such men who hit their wives for not putting enogh salt in their food.(the current case studies with evidence)

    However when did you hear this "I have also heard that Prophet Mohammad said if a wife refuses the husband angels curse her whole nightthat"
    And what proof do you have the Prophet Mohammad said any such thing? brickwall
    peace

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      I have knowledge about such men who hit their wives for not putting enogh salt in their food.(the current case studies with evidence)
      peace

      you are kidding aren't you? where are you from?

      However when did you hear this "I have also heard that Prophet Mohammad said if a wife refuses the husband angels curse her whole nightthat"
      And what proof do you have the Prophet Mohammad said any such thing? brickwall

      long story, but do you want the link of that amazing hadith? and please dont use that anger showing smiley rather use this -----> ;D its better trust me!

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        farida
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        o you are kidding aren't you? where are you from?

        I am not kidding I work with the victim of domestic violence in UK
        Domestic violence happens in every class tribe and causes of domestic violence are still being researched civilised countries are now taking notice of such abuse. However a Muslim woman always had the opportunity to challenge her husband?s loss of self control where he did not allow a cooling off period which not only gives women time to protect herself from violence and where such period is not allowed she should ask for punishment for the man who ignored it.
        I have cited a current case in reply 15 of this thread wher the wife could have asked for punishment for her husband who hits her regularly.

        long story, but do you want the link of that amazing hadith? and please dont use that anger showing smiley rather use this -----> ;D its better trust me!

        I only follow Quran and do not believe in what was said for the convenience of men by some men.
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          Mahmud_H
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          Domestic violence in the UK is mostly alcohol related, isn't it?

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            cosmicdancer
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            Now you have studied the quran extensively IN ITS LANGUAGE to come to your conclusions, no?

            Yes

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              farida
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              Yes

              Salaam
              Studying the language of the Qur?an is one thing, but comprehending the depth and reasons behind its commandments is another. I would suggest that you Google ?Domestic violence?; it?s within your reach and you would find lots of studies. Do a bit of reading on the causes of the cycle of violence which seems to go on and on where, somehow both man and woman get trapped in violent relationships, often connected with an urge to control. This awful and deep-rooted problem of violence against woman is rampant among all classes and all sections of society.
              Then apply Al- Nisah 34 to this issue; remember, Alcohol is not labelled as haram in the HQ we are only advised to shun it and it is considered haram by most because we are aware of its evil effect. Similarly one ayah may appear to allow the man to control a rebellious woman by force but, in fact it is, quite to the contrary, asking the man to control his temper.
              The problem rests with Muslim women who never understood the protection given to them or how they can challenge a violent man who have not allowed himself a cooling off period. This is beneficial for the man too, offering him a chance to curb his anger, thus saving him from falling into a vicious cycle of violence.
              peace

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                cosmicdancer
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                Salaam
                Studying the language of the Qur?an is one thing, but comprehending the depth and reasons behind its commandments is another. I would suggest that you Google ?Domestic violence?; it?s within your reach and you would find lots of studies. Do a bit of reading on the causes of the cycle of violence which seems to go on and on where, somehow both man and woman get trapped in violent relationships, often connected with an urge to control. This awful and deep-rooted problem of violence against woman is rampant among all classes and all sections of society.
                Then apply Al- Nisah 34 to this issue; remember, Alcohol is not labelled as haram in the HQ we are only advised to shun it and it is considered haram by most because we are aware of its evil effect. Similarly one ayah may appear to allow the man to control a rebellious woman by force but, in fact it is, quite to the contrary, asking the man to control his temper.
                The problem rests with Muslim women who never understood the protection given to them or how they can challenge a violent man who have not allowed himself a cooling off period. This is beneficial for the man too, offering him a chance to curb his anger, thus saving him from falling into a vicious cycle of violence.
                peace

                Is Islam is incomprehensible to most people?

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                  Mahmud_H
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                  Even the simplest truths are incomprehensible to those who don't want to believe them.

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                    aqua
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                    I have written an article on verse 434 of the Qur'an, a verse which has commonly been misinterpreted to justify violence against women. I have created a website to publish this article www.quranverse434.com

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                      David_Saidi
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                      I have written an article on verse 434 of the Qur'an, a verse which has commonly been misinterpreted to justify violence against women. I have created a website to publish this article www.quranverse434.com

                      Peace be upon you.

                      Such a magnificent work with detailed explanation , May God always support your efforts.

                      But I want ask something

                      http//s27.postimg.org/5sogwb1xf/tak_arus.png

                      Do you really undestand this Taj al Arus's explanation?

                      1. What is your translation of in 435?

                      Hope you can clarify

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                        aqua
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                        Do you really undestand this Taj al Arus's explanation?

                        It is my understanding that Taj al-Arus uses the word Da-Ra-Ba both with and without the preposition 'An in that passage to explain the definition of 'turn away / withdraw from'. This is similar to how Lane uses the word with and without the preposition in his definition.

                        1. What is your translation of in 435?

                        It would be something like, 'between them both'.

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                          Wakas
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                          salaam aqua,
                          Your article suffers from multiple problems as highlighted here
                          http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9599954.msg347142#msg347142

                          "withdraw/turn away / go away from them"
                          Requires the tashkeel of present day Arabic Quran to be incorrect
                          This alleged usage in 434 occurs in 435 with the preposition "Aan", thus making Quran seems inconsistent IF it did mean that in 434
                          No identical example of this DRB usage in Quran
                          No explanation of how the authority are notified
                          It is unclear to what extent one separates, how they can do so without being unjust etc
                          No supporting marital example in Quran
                          My view Impractical result when inserted into 4128-130 and somehow requires iAAradan to be a positive thing and potentially makes Drb/3rD similar

                          "cite them" www.Quran434.com
                          Works perfectly with the tashkeel in the present day Arabic Quran
                          Several identical examples of this DRB usage in Quran, including when humans are the direct object as in 434
                          Explains how the authority is notified by 435, and provides perfect logical/sequential coherence
                          DRB use is clear and simple to implement practically
                          581-4 provides perfect coherence in terms of marital example
                          When inserted into 4128-130 provides a complementary practical and coherent solution

                          In fact there were more issues in your article. If you begin your own thread for your article I'd be happy to highlight them for you to respond to.

                          Interestingly, in your work you do not reference www.Quran434.com where you clearly got a lot of information from.

                          All information is correct to the best of my knowledge only and thus should not be taken as a fact. One should always seek knowledge and verify for themselves when possible: 17:36, 20:114, 35:28, 49:6, 58:11.

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                            Mazhar
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                            It would be something like, 'between them both'

                            From more general proposition the matter is turned to specifics. It relates only to a couple, specific husband and his wife. This husband is he who has exhaustedd all the option and has since shown the door of the bed room to his wife to live in the house. Suspension of sexual relationship associated with married life has become known to all.

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                              David_Saidi
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                              It is my understanding that Taj al-Arus uses the word Da-Ra-Ba both with and without the preposition 'An in that passage to explain the definition of 'turn away / withdraw from'. This is similar to how Lane uses the word with and without the preposition in his definition.

                              Please read the image carefully and you will know it contrary with your explanation.
                              Actually Taz al Arus explanation make distinct between daraba with and withouth anhu

                              And you failed to understand what in Lane Lexicon said.

                              Your claim

                              In verse 435, the preposition 'An has been used to express the meaning of turn away 'from (you)'. However, this preposition is not required in all cases in order for Da-Ra-Ba to take the meaning of separation / turning away.

                              This is what I understand from Lane Lexicon you cited adraba or anhu adraba, it doesnt means the adraba has same usage with anhu adraba.
                              But it means the word adraba can also be combined with anhu as the word daraba.

                              Actually daraba without any preposition cannot be means turn away/abandon or etc.

                              Take example

                              3156

                              494

                              There is none in Arabic like daraba al ard or daraba sabilillah without preposition fi

                              But of course Allah know best.

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                                aqua
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                                This is what I understand from Lane Lexicon you cited adraba or anhu adraba, it doesnt means the adraba has same usage with anhu adraba.
                                But it means the word adraba can also be combined with anhu as the word daraba.

                                Your understanding is flawed and you seem quite confused. You say 'it means the word 'Adraba can also be combined with anhu as the word daraba'. If that is true, then why on earth does it say ' adraba anhu' instead of ' daraba anhu'? Where is the logic or connection in what you are saying? I don't think there is any.

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                                  David_Saidi
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                                  Your understanding is flawed and you seem quite confused. You say 'it means the word 'Adraba can also be combined with anhu as the word daraba'. If that is true, then why on earth does it say ' adraba anhu' instead of ' daraba anhu'? Where is the logic or connection in what you are saying? I don't think there is any.

                                  Looks like a missscommunication.

                                  Explanations withouth example is nothing.
                                  Whatever your claim is true or false it still not change the fact if Lane Lexicon doesn't provide the example of daraba as leave/abandon/separate (withouth preposition).

                                  Rather than dispute this, please give me one example only from any Classical Arab text which used daraba as abandon/separate/leave withouth anykind of prepositions.

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                                    aqua
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                                    Rather than dispute this, please give me one example only from any Classical Arab text which used daraba as abandon/separate/leave withouth anykind of prepositions.

                                    I already have shown this the Taj al-Arus is one of the most comprehensive texts of Classical Arabic and it uses Da-Ra-Ba as 'separate/shun/leave' without the preposition. Can you show any Classical Arabic text which says that it CAN'T be used without the preposition for that meaning?

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                                      David_Saidi
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                                      I already have shown this the Taj al-Arus is one of the most comprehensive texts of Classical Arabic and it uses Da-Ra-Ba as 'separate/shun/leave' without the preposition.

                                      In PM you claim you don't fully understand Tan al-Arus, and I already read that Taj al-Arus.
                                      Conclusion is none dictionaries backed your claims.

                                      Can you show any Classical Arabic text which says that it CAN'T be used without the preposition for that meaning?

                                      In the fact both Lane and Taj Al Arus didn't gave the example for this.
                                      My proof is some Ancient dictionaries like http//www.baheth.info/ and I never found daraba without any prepositions can be means abandon/leave/turn away.

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                                        aqua
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                                        In PM you claim you don't fully understand Tan al-Arus, and I already read that Taj al-Arus.
                                        Conclusion is none dictionaries backed your claims.

                                        In PM I didn't say that. Arabic is not my first language, but I said that I understand the passage 'enough' with my current knowledge of Arabic. In conclusion, you are not only confused, you are also a liar.

                                        In the fact both Lane and Taj Al Arus didn't gave the example for this.

                                        A dictionary does not always give proverbial examples for every definition of a word, especially if it has already provided an example of another form of the word for that same meaning.

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                                          huruf
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                                          En the whole nof Qur'an there is nohint no indication whatsoever that women owe obedience to men bit it as husbands or as anything else. So with a time and with the need to have the Qur'an support marital authority, that it is authority of husband over wife, 4.34 was picked for the purpose and was wholy turned into something completey different of what it says.

                                          For one
                                          In the whole of the aya, the question is nto about husbands and wives, no indication of that and that case would just be an instance of the men vs women set.

                                          For second
                                          Men are not addressed as such but in the third person, equally women are nto addressed as such but in the third person. The second person plural is the addressee in this aya and in the previous ones and in the follwoing ones. and that second person plural is allathina amanu, the believers, the set of the believers, women and men, as such set and community. No husband is told to do anything to any wife nor any set of men to do anything to any set of women. It is the community who is told to do something with respect to the women (women, not wives) from whom nushuz is feared.

                                          For third
                                          No wrong has been doen by any women. IN the hypothesis that there is "fear" (that is no fact has been detecteed,nothing has been done, but somebody may fear this or that), then something is enjoined to allay those fears. But since no wrong has been done by anybody, no punitive measure of any kind can be taken, otherwise it would amount to a blanket freedom for the believers to act on suspition, without any justification. The Qur'an, we know, rejects absolutely such way of conducting affairs en many other passages. So the beating part falls flat on all counts. It is sperpentic.

                                          What is being enjoined is to take steps in order to dispel any confusion or unfounded suspitions. Clear the air. The meaning of idribuhunna is clear, it entails to make the women in question aware of what is being said about them, so that they can preclude any unpleasant developments because of those "fears", and if there is any ground for them, to set course to dispel them. Again it does nto have to be wives. Women also exist out of the marriage bond. Just as men.

                                          As to the next aya, where it is about couples. That is another thing where in fact it deals with couples. Another hint that previously it was general, and not specific of couples. As to the madaji3, the sleepping place, there is no sexual connotation to it per se. Modernly it beds have in turned into a euphemistic synonim of sex. Modernly. If we reject that hadithism be blown back on the qur'an to give it meanings alien to it, I cannot see why 20th or 21st centurys ridiculous ways of hinting at sex should be taken as prooven facts. The Qur'an is there, and the Qur'an does ntogive to the madaji3 any sexual connotion. Unless death is considered something sexual, which undoubtedly it could be, but not universally.

                                          4.34 from being an wonder of balance, clarity, meaning and sense, has been turned into a vipers nest where avery nook has been used to pander to every feeling of male lack of self assurance and self-confidence, all along the lines of considering, as per the bible, the male as the basic, fundamental holder of humanity and women as an acillary to the real human title holder, the male. That is so ingrained in the minds that when anyody imagines any humanity in the past or in another planet the images are usually males. In history films, in antropology films, it is almost always men who are shown, except where some female bare breasted can be picked just to give a finer hint of the "savages".

                                          So in this 4.34, whe whole of interpretations, even here, in free minds, are a fucntion of males, always from the point of view of males as the central pieace around which evolves everything else. There is no way to get the full meaning of 4.34 with such and heliocentric, sorry male centric set of prejudgments in the mind.

                                          In fact, from the species point of view, not only the male are not the centre, but manifestly rather apart from it. And I do not mean any disdain with that but point to the fact that from the species point of view, females are more central and males are just as central as they strive to be. Like we could say to a certain extent women are born, men make themselves or do not make themselves. Many times, like prophets, they have been real men who have made themselves, and the Qur'an is full of such beautiful examples, but many times too what males who have not followed the right examples have made themselves a nuisance and not useful members of humanity.

                                          So we can keep dreaming and thinking that the "hidden" that the qanitaat keep is something for the "males" something that pertains to the males. It is not. It is something that pertains to the species and so on with other lacks of consistency in so many lame intepretations of an aya that in itself, when stripped of contrived and self-serving contortions is plain, clear and blanced.

                                          Salaam

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