Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:23

4:23

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

ḥurrimat ʿalaykum ummahātukum wabanātukum wa-akhawātukum waʿammātukum wakhālātukum wabanātu l-akhi wabanātu l-ukh'ti wa-ummahātukumu allātī arḍaʿnakum wa-akhawātukum mina l-raḍāʿati wa-ummahātu nisāikum warabāibukumu allātī fī ḥujūrikum min nisāikumu allātī dakhaltum bihinna fa-in lam takūnū dakhaltum bihinna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum waḥalāilu abnāikumu alladhīna min aṣlābikum wa-an tajmaʿū bayna l-ukh'tayni illā mā qad salafa inna l-laha kāna ghafūran raḥīman

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.

— Saheeh International

You are forbidden to take as wives your mothers, daughters, sisters, paternal and maternal aunts, the daughters of brothers and daughters of sisters, your milk-mothers and milk-sisters, your wives’ mothers, the stepdaughters in your care- those born of women with whom you have consummated marriage, if you have not consummated the marriage, then you will not be blamed- wives of your begotten sons, two sisters simultaneously- with the exception of what is past: God is most forgiving and merciful-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Forbidden 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 foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives’ mothers, your step daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom you have gone in - but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in them (to marry their daughters), - the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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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
سَلَفَۗsalafapassed before
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost-Merciful