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.1 Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allāh] and was evil as a way.
حُرِّمَتْ Forbidden ḥurrimat to you ʿalaykum (are) your mothers ummahātukum and your daughters wabanātukum and your sisters wa-akhawātukum and your father's sisters waʿammātukum and your mother's sisters wakhālātukum and daughters wabanātu (of) brothers l-akhi and daughters wabanātu (of) sisters l-ukh'ti and (the) mothers wa-ummahātukumu who allātī nursed you arḍaʿnakum and your sisters wa-akhawātukum from mina the nursing l-raḍāʿati and mothers wa-ummahātu (of) your wives nisāikum and your step daughters warabāibukumu who allātī (are) in fī your guardianship ḥujūrikum of min your women nisāikumu whom allātī you had relations dakhaltum with them bihinna but if fa-in not lam you had takūnū relations dakhaltum with them bihinna then (there is) no falā sin junāḥa on you ʿalaykum And wives waḥalāilu (of) your sons abnāikumu those who alladhīna (are) from min your loins aṣlābikum and that wa-an you gather together tajmaʿū [between] bayna two sisters l-ukh'tayni except illā what mā has qad passed before salafa Indeed inna Allah l-laha is kāna Oft-Forgiving ghafūran Most-Merciful raḥīman
Prohibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives' mothers, and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you. And [also prohibited are] the wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins, and that you take [in marriage] two sisters simultaneously, except for what has already occurred.1 Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.