Quran 4:22 — An-Nisaa, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
walā tankiḥū mā nakaḥa ābāukum mina l-nisāi illā mā qad salafa innahu kāna fāḥishatan wamaqtan wasāa sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And do not marry women that your fathers married, unless it be a thing of the past; surely that is indecent and hateful; an evil way.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND DO NOT marry women whom your fathers have previously married - although what is past is past: this, verily, is a shameful deed, and a hateful thing, and an evil way.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥū | marry | نكح |
| 3 | مَاmā | whom | — |
| 4 | نَكَحَnakaḥa | married | نكح |
| 5 | ءَابَآؤُكُمābāukum | your fathers | أبو |
| 6 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 7 | ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi | the women | نسو |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | قَدْqad | has | — |
| 11 | سَلَفَ ۚsalafa | passed before | سلف |
| 12 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | indeed it | — |
| 13 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 14 | فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatan | an immorality | فحش |
| 15 | وَمَقْتًۭاwamaqtan | and hateful | مقت |
| 16 | وَسَآءَwasāa | and (an) evil | سوأ |
| 17 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | way | سبل |