يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you yāayyuhā who alladhīna believe[d] āmanū Not lā (is) lawful yaḥillu for you lakum that an you inherit tarithū the women l-nisāa (by) force karhan And not walā you constraint them taʿḍulūhunna so that you may take litadhhabū a part bibaʿḍi (of) what mā you have given them ātaytumūhunna except illā that an they commit yatīna immorality bifāḥishatin open mubayyinatin And live with them waʿāshirūhunna in kindness bil-maʿrūfi But if fa-in you dislike them karih'tumūhunna then perhaps faʿasā that an you dislike takrahū a thing shayan and has placed wayajʿala Allah l-lahu in it fīhi good khayran much kathīran
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 [i.e., adultery]. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allāh makes therein much good.
وَإِنْ And if wa-in you intend aradttumu replacing is'tib'dāla a wife zawjin (in) place makāna (of) a wife zawjin and you have given waātaytum one of them iḥ'dāhunna heap (of gold) qinṭāran then (do) not falā take away takhudhū from it min'hu anything shayan Would you take it atakhudhūnahu (by) slander buh'tānan and a sin wa-ith'man open mubīnan
But 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?
وَكَيْفَ And how wakayfa could you take it takhudhūnahu when surely waqad has gone afḍā one of you baʿḍukum to ilā another baʿḍin and they have taken wa-akhadhna from you minkum covenant mīthāqan strong ghalīẓan
And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?
وَلَا And (do) not walā marry tankiḥū whom mā married nakaḥa your fathers ābāukum of mina the women l-nisāi except illā what mā has qad passed before salafa indeed it innahu was kāna an immorality fāḥishatan and hateful wamaqtan and (an) evil wasāa way 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.