Sūrat al-Nisā’ - 2024 ACF Nationals

Question

A verse in this sūrah was revealed after soldiers almost followed ‘Abdallāh ibn Ḥudhāfa’s (“hoo-THAH-fah’s”) joking orders to jump into a fire. In the ḥadīths, Muḥammad said that a controversial verse in this sūrah was revealed when “I wanted one thing, but God wanted another.” Scholars like Asma Barlas and amina wadud (“wah-DOOD”) argue that translations of that verse in this sūrah misuse modern meanings of the root (-5[1])[read slowly] ḍaad-raa-baa (“dod-reh-beh”) to justify violence. (-5[2])This sūrah (10[1])mandates loyalty to secular authorities (10[1])dubbed ’ulū’l-’amr (“oo-LOOL-AH-merr”) and requires payments called mahr concerning the title group. (10[1])This sūrah contains (10[1])a verse often interpreted as allowing “lightly striking” the title people (-5[2])if chastisement (10[2])and (10[2])“abandoning (10[1])the bed” (10[1])fail. For 10 points, (10[1])name this fourth sūrah, (10[1]-5[1])which underpins (10[1])many patriarchal practices. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Sūrat al-Nisā’ (“an-niss-SEH”) [or Surah of the Women; accept synonyms; accept Fourth Sūrah until read; accept wives, brides, fiancées, or equivalents] (The first sentence concerns the ulu’l-amr verse. The ḥadīths state that Muḥammad originally wanted to ban corporal punishment of wives but was explicitly overridden by God.)

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Karthik Prasad	Cornell B	Yale A	65	-5
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Berkeley A	71	-5
Matt Jackson	Chicago A	WUSTL B	71	-5
Nikhil Chellam	Northwestern	Truman State	73	10
Jakob Myers	Indiana	Toronto A	78	10
Quynh Phung	Purdue	Maryland	89	10
Ashish Subramanian	Duke	Chicago B	92	10
Graham Troy	North Carolina B	Columbia B	103	-5
Ben Sterling	Yale B	Stanford	103	-5
Kevin Park	Claremont Colleges	Chicago C	105	10
James McCurley	Harvard	NYU	105	10
Sanjay Srihari	Georgia Tech	Arizona State	106	10
Jason Hong	Brown	Minnesota A	106	10
Jonathan Lau	Johns Hopkins	WUSTL A	107	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Florida	109	10
Yashwanth Bajji	Michigan	Cornell A	113	10
Mattias Ehatamm	Waterloo	Chicago D	117	10
Andrew Kelley	Kentucky	Virginia	117	-5
Michal Gerasimiuk	Stanford	Yale B	119	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	Kentucky	122	10
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	McGill	123	10
William Groger	Columbia B	North Carolina B	123	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley B	North Carolina A	123	10
Jack Oberman	South Carolina	Texas	123	0
Chinmay Murthy	Texas	South Carolina	123	10
Shahar Schwartz	Berkeley A	Toronto B	123	10
Amith Punyala	WUSTL B	Chicago A	123	10
Arthur Delot-Vilain	Yale A	Cornell B	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 ACF Nationals	04/21/2024	Y	21	100%	0%	29%	109.62