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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 22 (4:22)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ …

Quran 4:22 is ayah 22 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 81 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:22
وَلَاتَنكِحُوا۟مَانَكَحَءَابَآؤُكُممِّنَٱلنِّسَآءِإِلَّامَاقَدْسَلَفَ ۚإِنَّهُۥكَانَفَٰحِشَةًوَمَقْتًاوَسَآءَسَبِيلًا٢٢
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.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥūmarry
  3. مَاmāwhom
  4. نَكَحَnakaḥamarried
  5. ءَابَآؤُكُمābāukumyour fathers
  6. مِّنَminaof
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. قَدْqadhas
  11. سَلَفَ ۚsalafapassed before
  12. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed it
  13. كَانَkānawas
  14. فَٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanan immorality
  15. وَمَقْتًاwamaqtanand hateful
  16. وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
  17. سَبِيلًاsabīlanway

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