Surah An-Nisa, ayah 22
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allāh] and was evil as a way.
An-Nisa · 4:22
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥūmarry
- مَاmāwhom
- نَكَحَnakaḥamarried
- ءَابَآؤُكُمābāukumyour fathers
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- قَدْqadhas
- سَلَفَ ۚsalafapassed before
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed it
- كَانَkānawas
- فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanan immorality
- وَمَقْتًۭاwamaqtanand hateful
- وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
- سَبِيلًاsabīlanway
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