Surah An-Nisa, ayah 20
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَـٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
An-Nisa · 4:20
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- وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
- أَرَدتُّمُaradttumuyou intend
- ٱسْتِبْدَالَis'tib'dālareplacing
- زَوْجٍۢzawjina wife
- مَّكَانَmakāna(in) place
- زَوْجٍۢzawjin(of) a wife
- وَءَاتَيْتُمْwaātaytumand you have given
- إِحْدَىٰهُنَّiḥ'dāhunnaone of them
- قِنطَارًۭاqinṭāranheap (of gold)
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūtake away
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- شَيْـًٔا ۚshayananything
- أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥatakhudhūnahuWould you take it
- بُهْتَـٰنًۭاbuh'tānan(by) slander
- وَإِثْمًۭاwa-ith'manand a sin
- مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanopen
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