Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:21

4:21

وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَـٰقًا غَلِيظًا

wakayfa takhudhūnahu waqad afḍā baʿḍukum ilā baʿḍin wa-akhadhna minkum mīthāqan ghalīẓan

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

— Saheeh International

How could you take it when this is unjust and a blatant sin? How could you take it when you have lain with each other and they have taken a solemn pledge from you?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And how could you take it (back) while you have gone in unto each other, and they have taken from you a firm and strong covenant?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَكَيْفَwakayfaAnd how
تَأْخُذُونَهُۥtakhudhūnahucould you take it
وَقَدْwaqadwhen surely
أَفْضَىٰafḍāhas gone
بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumone of you
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinanother
وَأَخَذْنَwa-akhadhnaand they have taken
مِنكُمminkumfrom you
مِّيثَـٰقًاmīthāqancovenant
غَلِيظًۭاghalīẓanstrong