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Surah An-Nisa Verse 22

Quran 4:22 · The Women · Medinan · Juz 4

4:22

Arabic

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوْا مَا نَكَحَ اٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ مِّنَ النِّسَاۤءِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَّمَقْتًاۗ وَسَاۤءَ سَبِيْلًا ࣖ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

Wa lā tankiḥū mā nakaḥa ābā-ukum minan-nisā-i illā mā qod salaf, innahū kāna fāḥisyataw wa maqtā, wa sā-a sabīlā

Meaning

Do not marry women whom your fathers married, except what is already past. That is improper, indecent, and a bad custom.

Surah An-Nisa verse 22 (Quran 4:22) is verse 22 of the 176 verses of Surah An-Nisa (The Women), a Medinan surah that is number 4 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 4.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).