4: Surah An-Nisa' - Part 18
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ٱلرِّجَالُ
al-rijālu
[The] men
قَوَّٰمُونَ
qawwāmūna
(are) protectors
عَلَى
ʿalā
of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
the women
بِمَا
bimā
because
فَضَّلَ
faḍḍala
(has) bestowed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بَعْضَهُمْ
baʿḍahum
some of them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
بَعْضٍۢ
baʿḍin
others
وَبِمَآ
wabimā
and because
أَنفَقُوا۟
anfaqū
they spend
مِنْ
min
from
أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ ۚ
amwālihim
their wealth
فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ
fal-ṣāliḥātu
So the righteous women
قَـٰنِتَـٰتٌ
qānitātun
(are) obedient
حَـٰفِظَـٰتٌۭ
ḥāfiẓātun
guarding
لِّلْغَيْبِ
lil'ghaybi
in the unseen
بِمَا
bimā
that which
حَفِظَ
ḥafiẓa
(orders) them to guard
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
وَٱلَّـٰتِى
wa-allātī
And those (from) whom
تَخَافُونَ
takhāfūna
you fear
نُشُوزَهُنَّ
nushūzahunna
their ill-conduct
فَعِظُوهُنَّ
faʿiẓūhunna
then advise them
وَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّ
wa-uh'jurūhunna
and forsake them
فِى
in
ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ
l-maḍājiʿi
the bed
وَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّ ۖ
wa-iḍ'ribūhunna
and [finally] strike them
فَإِنْ
fa-in
Then if
أَطَعْنَكُمْ
aṭaʿnakum
they obey you
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
تَبْغُوا۟
tabghū
seek
عَلَيْهِنَّ
ʿalayhinna
against them
سَبِيلًا ۗ
sabīlan
a way
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
كَانَ
kāna
is
عَلِيًّۭا
ʿaliyyan
Most High
كَبِيرًۭا
kabīran
Most Great
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