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Qur’an 4:19 An-Nisa, verse 19

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًۭا ۖ وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًۭا كَثِيرًۭا

O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
An-Nisa (4)
Verse
19 of 176
Revealed
Madani
Juz
4
Mushaf page
80

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youأ ي ي
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]أ م ن
لَاlāNot
يَحِلُّyaḥillu(is) lawfulح ل ل
لَكُمْlakumfor you
أَنanthat
تَرِثُوا۟tarithūyou inheritو ر ث
ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe womenن س و
كَرْهًۭا ۖkarhan(by) forceك ر ه
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnayou constraint themع ض ل
لِتَذْهَبُوا۟litadhhabūso that you may takeذ ه ب
بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍia partب ع ض
مَآmā(of) what
ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given themأ ت ي
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَأْتِينَyatīnathey commitأ ت ي
بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢbifāḥishatinimmoralityف ح ش
مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚmubayyinatinopenب ي ن
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّwaʿāshirūhunnaAnd live with themع ش ر
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚbil-maʿrūfiin kindnessع ر ف
فَإِنfa-inBut if
كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّkarih'tumūhunnayou dislike themك ر ه
فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāthen perhapsع س ي
أَنanthat
تَكْرَهُوا۟takrahūyou dislikeك ر ه
شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thingش ي أ
وَيَجْعَلَwayajʿalaand has placedج ع ل
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahأ ل ه
فِيهِfīhiin it
خَيْرًۭاkhayrangoodخ ي ر
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuchك ث ر

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 4:19 in An-Nisa.

  • 4:17إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍۢ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭاThe repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
  • 4:18وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭاBut repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
  • 4:20وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍۢ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍۢ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًۭا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭاBut if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
  • 4:21وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭاAnd how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

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