Surah An-Nisa, ayah 23
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْ وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْ وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأُخْتِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِىٓ أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُ نِسَآئِكُمْ وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِى فِى حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِى دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ فَإِن لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُ أَبْنَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْ وَأَن تَجْمَعُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
Prohibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives' mothers, and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you. And [also prohibited are] the wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins, and that you take [in marriage] two sisters simultaneously, except for what has already occurred. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
Word by word
- حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatForbidden
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
- أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْummahātukum(are) your mothers
- وَبَنَاتُكُمْwabanātukumand your daughters
- وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْwa-akhawātukumand your sisters
- وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْwaʿammātukumand your father's sisters
- وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْwakhālātukumand your mother's sisters
- وَبَنَاتُwabanātuand daughters
- ٱلْأَخِl-akhi(of) brothers
- وَبَنَاتُwabanātuand daughters
- ٱلْأُخْتِl-ukh'ti(of) sisters
- وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُwa-ummahātukumuand (the) mothers
- ٱلَّـٰتِىٓallātīwho
- أَرْضَعْنَكُمْarḍaʿnakumnursed you
- وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمwa-akhawātukumand your sisters
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِl-raḍāʿatithe nursing
- وَأُمَّهَـٰتُwa-ummahātuand mothers
- نِسَآئِكُمْnisāikum(of) your wives
- وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُwarabāibukumuand your step daughters
- ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
- فِىfī(are) in
- حُجُورِكُمḥujūrikumyour guardianship
- مِّنminof
- نِّسَآئِكُمُnisāikumuyour women
- ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwhom
- دَخَلْتُمdakhaltumyou had relations
- بِهِنَّbihinnawith them
- فَإِنfa-inbut if
- لَّمْlamnot
- تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou had
- دَخَلْتُمdakhaltumrelations
- بِهِنَّbihinnawith them
- فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
- جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
- وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُwaḥalāiluAnd wives
- أَبْنَآئِكُمُabnāikumu(of) your sons
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنْmin(are) from
- أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْaṣlābikumyour loins
- وَأَنwa-anand that
- تَجْمَعُوا۟tajmaʿūyou gather together
- بَيْنَbayna[between]
- ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِl-ukh'taynitwo sisters
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- قَدْqadhas
- سَلَفَ ۗsalafapassed before
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- كَانَkānais
- غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost-Merciful
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