men are the maintainers of women because allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property the good women are therefore obedient guarding the unseen as allah has guarded and those on whose part you fear desertion admonish them and leave them alone in the sleepingplaces and beat them then if they obey you do not seek a way against them surely allah is high great.
الرجال قوامون على النساء بما فضل الله بعضهم على بعض وبما أنفقوا من أموالهم فالصالحات قانتات حافظات للغيب بما حفظ الله واللاتي تخافون نشوزهن فعظوهن واهجروهن في المضاجع واضربوهن فإن أطعنكم فلا تبغوا عليهن سبيلا إن الله كان عليا كبيرا