Sura 4 An-Nisa (The Women), ayah 22
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وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
Translation by words
- وَلَا
- And (do) not
- تَنكِحُوا۟
- marry
- مَا
- whom
- نَكَحَ
- married
- ءَابَآؤُكُم
- your fathers
- مِّنَ
- of
- ٱلنِّسَآءِ
- the women
- إِلَّا
- except
- مَا
- what
- قَدْ
- has
- سَلَفَ
- passed before,
- إِنَّهُۥ
- indeed it
- كَانَ
- was
- فَٰحِشَةً
- an immorality
- وَمَقْتًا
- and hateful,
- وَسَآءَ
- and (an) evil
- سَبِيلًا
- way.
And do not marry those (women) whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful (to Allah) and was evil as a way.
4:22
Translation: Saheeh International