Qur'anic Verse

An-Nisa 4:129

"And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another suspended..." (condensed)

Revert Way rendering (condensed), in the style of early public-domain English translations (cf. Pickthall 1930)

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Research Paper
Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice
A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

An-Nisa 4:129

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice