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[quote][i]Bismillah[/i]

[blue][i]"Either retain them in kindness 
or release them in kindness. 
Do not retain them in order to hurt 
them..."[/blue][/i]

Quran: 2:231

Assalamualaikum,

"Re: Can we discover new meaning 
in the words used in the Qur'an"

Can we contradict the above Quran
verse (2:231)?

Why choose only this verse 4:34 to
mean "beat" for daraba and not 
all the rest?

Daraba has many meanings. 
Allah Almighty also used the 
word "darabtum", which is 
derived from the word "daraba" 
in Noble Verse 4:94, which mean 
to "go abroad" in the sake of 
Allah Almighty:

"O ye who believe! When ye 
[b]go abroad [/b] [b](darabtum) [/b] 
In the cause of Allah, Investigate
carefully, And say not to anyone 
who offers you a salutation: 
'Thou art none of a Believer!' 
Coveting the perishable good Of 
this life: with Allah Are profits 
and spoils abundant.  Even thus 
were ye yourselves Before, till 
Allah conferred On you His 
favours: therefore Carefully investigate. 
For Allah is well 
aware Of all that ye do. 
(The Noble Quran, 4:94)"

So "daraba" here can literally means to "go abroad", 
or "give" but not in the sense 
to give something by hand, but 
rather to give or provide an example.

In this case is it right to 
change the meaning of Daraba 
here and bring out a new meaning of 'beat'? 
How about all the 
other verses?

In fact could it not be that men 
have abused this verse and changed 
the meaning to mean only "beat" in
 relation to women in 4:34 in order 
to subjugate women? As it was never 
the practice of the Prophet to beat 
his wives or other women. 
He never commanded men to beat, tap, 
humiliate or abuse their wives. 
In fact he is reported to 
have clearly said NOT to beat women.

This hadith clearly contradicts
beating: "How does anyone of you beat
his wife as he beats the stallion camel
and then embrace (sleep with) her? 
”Al-Bukhari, English Translation, vol.
8, Hadith 68, pp. 42-43. 
 
Other traditions in Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i,
Ibn Majah, Ahmad bin Hanbal and others,
to the effect that he forbade the
beating of any woman, saying: [b]"Never
beat God's handmaidens" [/b] and
said "Some (women) visited my family
complaining about their husbands
(beating them). These (husbands) are
 not the best of you."

Allah swt also never commanded men to
beat their women. On the contarary,
Allah swt says those men who abuse 
their wives, [b]such men have wronged
their souls.[/b]

"When ye divorce women, and they 
fulfil the term of their ('Iddat),
either take them back on equitable
terms or set them free on equitable
terms; [b]but do not take them back 
to injure them,[/b] (or) to take 
undue advantage; [b]if any one does that 
he has wronged his own soul[/b]. 
Do not treat Allah's Signs as a jest,
but solemnly rehearse Allah's favours
on you, and the fact that He sent 
down to you the Book and Wisdom, for 
your instruction. And fear Allah, and
know that Allah is well acquainted 
with all things. (2:231)

The Quran is clear on this issue.

Wife beating or abuse is not permitted
in Islam.

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