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[quote]Salam Alekum Prev1 and all,

Certainly we continue enjoying a healthy relationship, and would do so ever, insha Allah.

My friend, if you really are sure that the meaning you have understood for Darab in 4:34 is the only correct one then I'm convinced that you commit no sin. But, if the slightest of your ego or of your personal inclination (aiming enlightened version of Quran) makes you reach to that conclusion then I beg you to reconsider it, as it is a sinful act. Targeting such an attitude Quran says in 2:85," So you agree to some of our commandments and to some you don't; consequentially, you would deserve nothing but a doomed worldly life and the severest of punishment in hereafter".

In no way I attach my liking to the act of Beating (Women/Men/Wives/Children). Rasoolullah (s.a.w.) himself never did so. Instead, what I'm begging from you is to accept that Darab in 4:34 means gently beating. And my begging is not on the basis of our consensus (or Ijma'), No, not at all, because Consensuses never offer an authentic platform, but yes, on the basis of the following,

1-	Quran (2:60, 38:44, 4:34)
2-	Life of Rasoolullah s.a.w. (Shan-e-nuzul of 4:34 and Tafseer of 38:44) 
3-	And lastly on the basis of your own wisdom benefiting not from your experiences with prevailing situations but from your knowledge (and in 4:34 knowledge of Arabic).

I wouldn't disagree that today's So-called Enlightened-Muslims (not only Arabs) do suggest a different meaning of Darab in 4:34, but I believe we should be biased to make our point on the basis of Quran, Sunnah and the Knowledge.

About your point on existing differences in Arabic of Quran and spoken Arabic of today’s Arab, I disagree with sheer respect and state that you said it rightly but meant wrongly. See, there is a word “Dialect” and the dialectical differences always exist in every language of the world. That too exists in Arab among Saudia, UAE, Qatar, Oman and others, yet the Arabs have kept the Arabic of Quran as an ideal and absolute form of Arabic, they call it “Arabic Al Fusha”. They not only endeavour learning it but also speaking at times, and generally, every sane Arab of today would guide you to “Arabic Fusha”.

Example: Quran calls Camel as “Ibil”. Every Arab today call it “Jemel”, but every Arab would know that “Jemel” is also called “Ibil” in Quran.

I mean to say that there exists as many dialects in Arab as the number of boundaries, but Quran has kept itself alive everywhere in Arab. So as a result word “Darab” means “to beat” in every dialect of today’s Arab.

Hope it helps,

Ma’salam
Kashan
Dubai, UAE[/quote]

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