Women — Verse 22

4:22 · an-Nisa`

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Women 4:22

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Arabic English Morphology
وَلَا walā
And (do) not Prep
تَنكِحُوا۟ tankiḥū
marry V
مَا mā
whom Noun
نَكَحَ nakaḥa
married V
ءَابَآؤُكُم ābāukum
your fathers Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلنِّسَآءِ l-nisāi
the women Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
مَا mā
what Noun
قَدْ qad
has Prep
سَلَفَ salafa
passed before V
إِنَّهُۥ innahu
indeed it Prep
كَانَ kāna
was V
فَٰحِشَةً fāḥishatan
an immorality Noun
وَمَقْتًا wamaqtan
and hateful Noun
وَسَآءَ wasāa
and (an) evil V
سَبِيلًا sabīlan
way Noun

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَاۤؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَاۤءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ سَلَفَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةࣰ وَمَقۡتࣰا وَسَاۤءَ سَبِیلًا ۝٢٢

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

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