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An-Nisa (The Women) · Ayah 22

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا 22

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.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥūmarry
مَاwhom
noun
نَكَحَnakaḥamarried
ءَابَآؤُكُمābāukumyour fathers
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
noun
قَدْqadhas
سَلَفَ ۚsalafapassed before
إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed it
noun
كَانَkānawas
فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanan immorality
وَمَقْتًۭاwamaqtanand hateful
وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
سَبِيلًاsabīlanway
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