Qur'anic Verse

An-Nisa 4:34

"Men are qawwamun [protectors/maintainers, or: in charge] of women by [right of] what God has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth..." (condensed; the contested guardianship/authority verse discussed at length in this paper.)

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

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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 4:34

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