004:129

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                   004:129

  وَاِنِ امۡرَاَةٌ خَافَتۡ مِنۡۢ بَعۡلِهَا نُشُوۡزًا اَوۡ اِعۡرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِمَاۤ اَنۡ يُّصۡلِحَا بَيۡنَهُمَا صُلۡحًا‌ ؕ  وَالصُّلۡحُ خَيۡر ؕ  وَاُحۡضِرَتِ الۡاَنۡفُسُ الشُّحَّ‌ ؕ   وَاِنۡ تُحۡسِنُوۡا وَتَتَّقُوۡا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ خَبِيۡرًا‏

Wa-aiy-nim-ra-aa-ton-khaa-fut-min-bau-lay-haa                                                                        No-shoo-zun-auo-aiy-raa-dzun-fa-laa-jo-naa-ha-alai-hay-maa                                                Un-yoos-lay-haa-bai-na-ho-maa-sool-hun-wus-sool-ho-khai-r                                                  Wa-oh-dzay-ra-til-un-fo-soosh-shoh-ha

Wa-in-toh-say-noo-wa-tut-ta-qoo-fa-in-nul-laa-ha                                                                    Kaa-na-bay-maa-tau-la-moo-na-kha-be-raa

And if a wife feared from her husband                                                                            Bad behavior or desertion then there is no sin on them two                                      That a peace is made between them. And peace is best.                                                And the souls have been raised with mean streak

And if you do kindness and be righteous then Allah                                                 Has always been Well-Informed of what you do

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet)
•  اِنِ — Aiy-n(im) — If (= In case; under the circumstances; when; when situation  arises; whenever. A/t/a, ‘should’)
• امۡرَاَةٌ — (I)m-ra-aa-toon — Wife (= n., Female spouse; woman)
• خَافَتۡ — Khaa-fut — Feared (= v., past., s., m., 3^rd person. Apprehended; dreaded; felt worried; suspected; unhappily thought; was afraid. A/t/a, ‘fears,’ ‘feareth,’ ‘fear’ and ‘apprehend’ but translating in the present tense what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in    the past tense is not right)
• مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class. A/t/a, ‘on … part’)
• بَعۡلِ — Bau-lay — Husband (= n., Male spouse; man)
• هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3^rd person., Refers to aforesaid group)
• نُشُوۡزًا — No-shoo-zun — Bad behavior (= n., pl., Aggressive, bad, fierce, forceful, furious, intense or violent differences, disagreements, discords, dissent, fights, hostilities, oppositions or passionate sadism. Also, ill conduct. A/t/a, ‘cruelty,’ ‘ill-usage, ‘ill-treatment ‘ and ‘high-handedness’)
• اَوۡ — Auo — Or (= Alternatively; in substitution)
• اِعۡرَاضًا — Aiy-raa-dzun — Desertion (= n., Abandonment; aversion; departure; dislike; distaste; disappearance; disloyalty; getting back; indifference; neglect; return; reversal; separation; turning away. A/t/a, ‘indifference’)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= After all this; at the end; consequently; finally; hence; in conclusion; so; thereafter; therefore; thus)
• لَا — Laa — No (= Naught; neither; never; none; nor; not at all; absolute denial and total negation without exception)
• جُنَاحَ — Jo-naa-ha — Sin (= n., Blame; inappropriate conduct; crime; harm; illegal;
• misdeed; offence; prohibition; violation; wrong)
• عَلَيۡ — Alai — On (= Above; against; before; during; for; on; on top of; over; to; upon)
• هِمَاۤ — Hay-maa — Those two (= pro., pl., m., 3 ^rd person. Refers to aforesaid two persons. A/t/a, ‘them twain’ and ‘them’)
• اَنۡ — Un — That (= So that)
• يُّصۡلِحَا — Yoos-lay-haa — Peace is made (= v., pres., pass., 2pl., 3 ^rd person. Agreement is reached; reformation is implemented; relationship is improved; ways are mended. A/t/a, ‘effect a reconciliation,’ ‘be suitably reconciled’ and ‘be amicably reconciled.’ However, translation of this word in active voice as ‘arrange an amicable settlement,’ ‘they reconcile,’ ‘they make terms of peace’ and ‘them to seek a mutual agreement’ is       not of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in passive voice. See below the Note 004:129)
• بَيۡنَ — Bai-na — Between (= Ahead, facing or in front of; Among; betwixt)
• هُمَا — Ho-maa — Those two (= pro., pl., m., 3 ^rd person. Refers to aforesaid two persons. A/t/a, ‘themselves’ and ‘each other’)
• صُلۡحًا‌ — Sool-haa — Peace (= n., Agreement; mutual understanding; truce)
• وَ — Wa…(us) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ  above)
• الصُّلۡحُ — Sool-ho — Peace (= n., Agreeableness; mutual agreement; reconciliation; resolution or settlement of disputes; truce. A/t/a, ‘making peace,’ ‘reconciliation between them’ and ‘agreement’)
• خَيۡر — Khair — Best (= adj., Apex; best; noblest; on top Also comparatively superior; of greater, higher or more value. A/t/a, ‘best,’,’better’ and ‘far better’)
• وَ —  Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ  above)
• اُحۡضِرَتِ — Oh-dzay-ra-t(il) — Raised with (= v., past; f gender; s., 3^rd person. Built upon; endowed; gifted; given; imbedded; inborn; presented. A/t/a, ‘swayed,’ ‘is met with,’ ‘made present,’ ‘are prone to’ and ‘is ever present’)
• الۡاَنۡفُسُ — Un-fo-so — Souls (= n., People. A/t/a, (men’s) mind,’ ‘Man is,’ ‘minds (of men),’ ‘souls,’ ‘human inner selves’ and ‘human minds’)
• الشُّحَّ — Shoh-ha — Mean streak (= n. Deep love; irresistible temptation; greedy secrecy.  A/t/a, ‘greed,’ ‘avarice,’ ‘covetousness’ and ‘covetousness and greed.’ A/t/a, ‘prone to avarice’)
• وَ — Wa —  And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ  above)
• اِنۡ — In –If (= In case; under the circumstances; when; whenever)
• تُحۡسِنُوۡا — Toh-say-noo — Do good (= v., past., pl., m., 2^nd person. Be kind; practice good thing; work goodness. A/t/a, ‘Do good,’ ‘do good (to others),’ ‘do what is right’ and ‘are benevolent towards each other’)
• وَ  —  Wa  — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ  above)
• تَتَّقُوۡا — Tut-ta-qoo — You be pious (= v., past., s., m., 2^nd person. Act righteously. A/t/a, ‘keep your duty,’ ‘are mindful of duty to Allah,’ ‘keep from evil,’ ‘keep away from evil,’ ‘guard against (this) evil,’ ‘guard yourself against evil,’ ‘are god-fearing’ and ‘are righteous’)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= After all this; at the end; consequently; finally; hence; so; thereafter; therefore; thus)

Allah’s following Attribute is repeated in verses like 004:095, 004:129, 004:136, 048:012

• اِنَّ — In-na…(ul) — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed;       positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
• ٱللَّهَ — Laa-ha — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
• كَانَ — Kaa-na — Has been (= v., past., s., m., 3^rd person., Continued doing; had been; used to; were, went on doing. The word indicates the continuity from the past to the present and leading into the future endlessly. A/t/a, ‘is’ [many authors])
•  بِ — Bay — With (= Literally the word بِ  means with)
•  مَاۤ — Maa — What (= What; whatever; whatsoever)
• تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ — Tau-ma-loo-na — You do (= v., pres., pl., 2^nd person. Act; activate; attempt; carry out; effect; exercise; execute; function; go; make out; implement; operate; perform; practice; render; serve; run-through; work-out. See Note 002:075b)
• خَبِيۡرًا‏ — Kha-be-raa — Well-Informed (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most Aware, Informed and Knowledgeable. This word means one who knows and is fully acquainted, aware, cognizant. However, authors added different prefixes like All, Ever, Most, Well, etc (see verse 001:001) to the plain meanings when translating it as an attribute of the Almighty Allah)

** Note: 004:129. The word  يُّصۡلِحَا  (= yoos-lay-haa) clearly indicates that both wife and husband are brought together by a third party which usually is some impartial arbiter.

The two conditions bad behavior and separation stated earlier lay down the foundation of why the spouses are not together. In such situations almost always the best is a third party’s action which is stated in the passive voice.

It is inaccurate to translate this word in the active voice as is done by some translators as if the spouses were to take this action.