On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:23:41 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/12/2005 7:44:01 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ok. But when it comes to interpreting equality of women in the Quran, > I've noticed several Bahais not engage in the same kind of effort. > Instead of saying how the Quran can be read on multiple levels they > would rather have an insulting view of God, and believe that God > endorsed wife-beating, and so then it becomes an excuse to get rid of > Islam and replace it with something else. > > When if you didn't want to have an insulting view of God, another > approach would be to point out that just as "seal" might mean > something other than "last" in Arabic, that "daraba" can mean many > other things besides "beat". It's even used in multiple ways in the > Quran itself. > > > the word "daraba" which some people translate as "beat" actually > I mentioned the Aur'anic license to beat wives for a purpose, but it was not > to demean Islam. > The limitation on ill-treatment of wives was a geometric progression > forthebenefit of women in the time of Muhammed. There were no such > restrictions on husbands before Muhammed. > All three of these translations seem to agree on the meaning of 'daraba'. As > does Rodwell to the best of my recollection. >
All three of which translations. And why would you care about what the consensus of translations says now? I Peace Gilberto -- "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
