Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for him [i.e., the father] another woman.
Sahih International
أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ
askinūhunna
Lodge them
Word breakdown
أَسْكِنُ
Fi'l · VerbLodge them
to dwell, inhabit; to be still, tranquil; poverty
69× in the Quran · Occasional
و
Ism · Personal pronounyou all/your
هُنَّ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ (Lodge them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & Futureأَسْكِنُوهُنَّ (Lodge them) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV