Translation of the meanings Ayah 34 Surah An-Nisā’ - English translation - Jacob - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 34

ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُواْ مِنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ فَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٞ لِّلۡغَيۡبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱلَّٰتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ فِي ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ فَإِنۡ أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ فَلَا تَبۡغُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ سَبِيلًاۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيّٗا كَبِيرٗا

34. (Wives, love and submit to your husbands, for) men are in charge of women by (right) of what Allāh has given one over the other, and with what they (men) spend out of their wealth. The righteous wives are devoutly dutiful, guarding in (their husband’s) absence what Allāh would have them guard15. But those (wives) on whose part you fear desertion, (first) advice them (if they persist) forsake them in bed, and (should they persist) discipline them (gently, out of love)16; if they then obey you, do not seek a way against them. Indeed, Allāh is Most High, Most Great.

15. I.e., their chastity and their husband’s wealth and properties.
16. Muhammad, God's Messenger never hit anyone with his hand, nor a woman, nor a servant, except when he was fighting for the Cause of God ”.