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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 20

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Without diacritics

وان اردتم استبدال زوج مكان زوج واتيتم احداهن قنطارا فلا تاخذوا منه شيئا اتاخذونه بهتانا واثما مبينا

But if ye decide to take One wife in place of another, Even if ye had given the latter A whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would ye take it by slander And a manifest wrong?

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  • Verse 20 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 81

Word by word

  1. وَإِنْAnd ifwa-in
  2. أَرَدتُّمُyou intendaradttumu
  3. ٱسْتِبْدَالَreplacingis'tib'dāla
  4. زَوْجٍۢa wifezawjin
  5. مَّكَانَ(in) placemakāna
  6. زَوْجٍۢ(of) a wifezawjin
  7. وَءَاتَيْتُمْand you have givenwaātaytum
  8. إِحْدَىٰهُنَّone of themiḥ'dāhunna
  9. قِنطَارًۭاheap (of gold)qinṭāran
  10. فَلَاthen (do) notfalā
  11. تَأْخُذُوا۟take awaytakhudhū
  12. مِنْهُfrom itmin'hu
  13. شَيْـًٔا ۚanythingshayan
  14. أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥWould you take itatakhudhūnahu
  15. بُهْتَـٰنًۭا(by) slanderbuh'tānan
  16. وَإِثْمًۭاand a sinwa-ith'man
  17. مُّبِينًۭاopenmubīnan

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