Assalaam Alaikum Bismi'lahi Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

@Samia, I could careless whether you are the moderator or Queen of All Moderators, you have a problem with admitting that you are wrong.

The truth (is) from ALLAH alone; so be not of those who doubt.

If any one disputes in this matter with you, after knowledge has come to you, say. ? come! Let us gather together,-- our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves. then let us earnestly pray, and CALL THE CURSE OF ALLAH ON THOSE WHO LIE!?

This is the true account. There is no god except Allah; and Allah-He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.

Your argument now Samia is with the Quran NOT me.

Now, instead of slandering me, bring some evidence to disprove what I have presented.

If you don't....

And if they turn away - behold, Allah has full knowledge of the spreaders of corruption.

Fain tawallaw fainna Allaha AAaleemun bialmufsideena

Wow, as a more 'traditional' muslim who believes in the application of hadith along with the Quran, I could not help but be appalled by the blatant misunderstanding of very basic level Arabic nahw (grammar) on this forum. Samia is completely correct. You either misunderstood (or deliberately ignored) the grammatical iraab reference you highlighted. I would sincerely ask you what your background is in Arabic and I would be glad to direct you to free references to learn arabic. Idriboo is indeed a 2nd person masculine command verb as CORRECTLY LABELED IN THE BOOK you scanned. I have the entire 6 volume color edition. Interestingly, a bookseller explained that it was actually written by a Christian Arab (Antoine El Dahdah) but reviewed or endorsed by Tantawi. Anyway, hunna is a mafool bihi (direct object). This is not up for debate. It is fundamental grammar. The debate is only on the meaning of daraba here, not on the faa'il (doer) or object (mafool bihi). If you wish for hunna to be a faa'il, then you need to explain what kind of fi'l idriboo is and your explanation simply makes no sense.

FYI, I know how old this thread was but I saw how many pages your incorrect grammatical explanation persisted so I felt I should post. As a final note, the majority of traditional Muslims who follow the sunnah and hadith of the prophet correctly would not apply this to mean hit either, given that the beloved Prophet (SAWS) himself never hit his wives.

Inshallah, Allah gives us all guidance.