{ “And take in your hand a bunch of sticks and beat with it, and do not break your oath.” Indeed we found him to be steadfast, a most excellent servant } Saad 44

{ And take in your hand a bunch of sticks } : that is, a bundle of plants or sticks; { and beat with it } : your wife. For he had made an oath to indeed beat her a hundred times because she was late in coming to him one day; { and do not break your oath } : by failing to beat her. So he took a hundred sticks of reeds or other sticks, but beat her with it only once. { Indeed we found him to be steadfast, a most excellent servant } : Ayub [Job].