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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 22

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Without diacritics

ولا تنكحوا ما نكح اباؤكم من النساء الا ما قد سلف انه كان فاحشة ومقتا وساء سبيلا

And marry not women Whom your fathers married,— Except what is past: It was shameful and odious,— An abominable custom indeed.

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  • Verse 22 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 81

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَنكِحُوا۟marrytankiḥū
  3. مَاwhommā
  4. نَكَحَmarriednakaḥa
  5. ءَابَآؤُكُمyour fathersābāukum
  6. مِّنَofmina
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِthe womenl-nisāi
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. قَدْhasqad
  11. سَلَفَ ۚpassed beforesalafa
  12. إِنَّهُۥindeed itinnahu
  13. كَانَwaskāna
  14. فَـٰحِشَةًۭan immoralityfāḥishatan
  15. وَمَقْتًۭاand hatefulwamaqtan
  16. وَسَآءَand (an) evilwasāa
  17. سَبِيلًاwaysabīlan

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