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4:20

وَإِنْ And if أَرَدتُّمُ you intend ٱسْتِبْدَالَ replacing زَوْجٍۢ a wife مَّكَانَ (in) place زَوْجٍۢ (of) a wife وَءَاتَيْتُمْ and you have given إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ one of them قِنطَارًۭا heap (of gold) فَلَا then (do) not تَأْخُذُوا۟ take away مِنْهُ from it شَيْـًٔا ۚ anything أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ Would you take it بُهْتَـٰنًۭا (by) slander وَإِثْمًۭا and a sin مُّبِينًۭا open ٢٠

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?

— Come To Light

4:21

وَكَيْفَ And how تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ could you take it وَقَدْ when surely أَفْضَىٰ has gone بَعْضُكُمْ one of you إِلَىٰ to بَعْضٍۢ another وَأَخَذْنَ and they have taken مِنكُم from you مِّيثَـٰقًا covenant غَلِيظًۭا strong ٢١

And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

— Come To Light

4:22

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 فَـٰحِشَةًۭ an immorality وَمَقْتًۭا and hateful وَسَآءَ and (an) evil سَبِيلًا way ٢٢

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.

— Come To Light

4:23

حُرِّمَتْ Forbidden عَلَيْكُمْ to you أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْ (are) your mothers وَبَنَاتُكُمْ and your daughters وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْ and your sisters وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْ and your father's sisters وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْ and your mother's sisters وَبَنَاتُ and daughters ٱلْأَخِ (of) brothers وَبَنَاتُ and daughters ٱلْأُخْتِ (of) sisters وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُ and (the) mothers ٱلَّـٰتِىٓ who أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ nursed you وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم and your sisters مِّنَ from ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِ the nursing وَأُمَّهَـٰتُ and mothers نِسَآئِكُمْ (of) your wives وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُ and your step daughters ٱلَّـٰتِى who فِى (are) in حُجُورِكُم your guardianship مِّن of نِّسَآئِكُمُ your women ٱلَّـٰتِى whom دَخَلْتُم you had relations بِهِنَّ with them فَإِن but if لَّمْ not تَكُونُوا۟ you had دَخَلْتُم relations بِهِنَّ with them فَلَا then (there is) no جُنَاحَ sin عَلَيْكُمْ on you وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُ And wives أَبْنَآئِكُمُ (of) your sons ٱلَّذِينَ those who مِنْ (are) from أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْ your loins وَأَن and that تَجْمَعُوا۟ you gather together بَيْنَ [between] ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِ two sisters إِلَّا except مَا what قَدْ has سَلَفَ ۗ passed before إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah كَانَ is غَفُورًۭا Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمًۭا Most-Merciful ٢٣

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.

— Come To Light

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