Surah An-Nisa, ayah 19
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًا ۖ وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَـٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality [i.e., adultery]. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allāh makes therein much good.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- لَاlāNot
- يَحِلُّyaḥillu(is) lawful
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- أَنanthat
- تَرِثُوا۟tarithūyou inherit
- ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
- كَرْهًۭا ۖkarhan(by) force
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- تَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnayou constraint them
- لِتَذْهَبُوا۟litadhhabūso that you may take
- بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍia part
- مَآmā(of) what
- ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- يَأْتِينَyatīnathey commit
- بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢbifāḥishatinimmorality
- مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚmubayyinatinopen
- وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّwaʿāshirūhunnaAnd live with them
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚbil-maʿrūfiin kindness
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّkarih'tumūhunnayou dislike them
- فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāthen perhaps
- أَنanthat
- تَكْرَهُوا۟takrahūyou dislike
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
- وَيَجْعَلَwayajʿalaand has placed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- فِيهِfīhiin it
- خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
- كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
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