To set the record straight: the wife must obey her husband

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Re: To set the record straight: the wife must obey her husband

@HotTea

In the translations that you pasted:

“the good women are therefore obedient,”

"Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient"

“(In their turn) righteous women are (meant to be) devoted” (devoted/obediant are close enough)

I’m not a scholar or an aalim, but if I were reading the translation out of context, my first question would be:

To whom are these pious women being asked to be obedient to, as it is not specified. Isn’t Allah asking for obedience to Him and devotion to Him?