6,633
edits
Wife Beating in Islamic Law: Difference between revisions
→Islamic Scriptures and Wife-Beating
| [checked revision] | [checked revision] |
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
===Wife-Beating in the Qur'an=== | ===Wife-Beating in the Qur'an=== | ||
===="Beat them" (4:34)==== | ===="Beat them" (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. | {{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 case that is made in agreeing that 'beating' is what the verse instructs. No Arabic dictionary or serious scholar has dissented from this consensus. | ||
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> | 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> | ||