Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:22

4:22

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا

walā tankiḥū mā nakaḥa ābāukum mina l-nisāi illā mā qad salafa innahu kāna fāḥishatan wamaqtan wasāa sabīlan

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.

— Saheeh International

Do not marry women that your fathers married- with the exception of what is past- this is indeed a shameful thing to do, loathsome and leading to evil.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥūmarry
مَاmāwhom
نَكَحَnakaḥamarried
ءَابَآؤُكُمābāukumyour fathers
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
قَدْqadhas
سَلَفَۚsalafapassed before
إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed it
كَانَkānawas
فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanan immorality
وَمَقْتًۭاwamaqtanand hateful
وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
سَبِيلًاsabīlanway