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 ===Wife-Beating in the Qur'an===
 ===="Beat them" (4:34)====
-Domestic violence is a societal problem in  many countries, but in the Muslim world it is divinely ordained and justified by the Qur'an in verse 4:34.
+{{Quran|4|34}} Instructs men to beat their wives if they fear disobedience. Although a small number of modern Islamic scholars, apologists, and activists have argued that the word ''daraba'' in the verse does not mean 'beat', the overwhelming majority stand with the Islamic tradition and the unimpeachable linguistic in agreeing that 'beating' is what the verse instructs. No Arabic dictionary has dissented from this consensus.
-So that the meaning is clear, three translations of this verse are provided below. The word 'beat' in the Arabic is ''daraba'' (beat, strike, hit<ref>daraba - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000062.pdf Lane's lexicon] Book I page 1777</ref>).
+Relied upon Islamic translations of the verse commonly present the word as having this meaning. The word 'beat' in the Arabic is ''daraba.''<ref>daraba - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000062.pdf Lane's lexicon] Book I page 1777</ref>
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