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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 23

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حرمت عليكم امهاتكم وبناتكم واخواتكم وعماتكم وخالاتكم وبنات الاخ وبنات الاخت وامهاتكم اللاتي ارضعنكم واخواتكم من الرضاعة وامهات نسائكم وربائبكم اللاتي في حجوركم من نسائكم اللاتي دخلتم بهن فان لم تكونوا دخلتم بهن فلا جناح عليكم وحلائل ابنائكم الذين من اصلابكم وان تجمعوا بين الاختين الا ما قد سلف ان الله كان غفورا رحيما

Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:— Your mothers, daughters, Sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, Sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; Your wives’ mothers; Your step-daughters under your Guardianship, born of your wives To whom ye have gone in, No prohibition if ye have not gone in;— (Those who have been) Wives of your sons proceeding From your loins; And two sisters in wedlock At one and the same time, Except for what is past; For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;—

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  • Verse 23 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 81

Word by word

  1. حُرِّمَتْForbiddenḥurrimat
  2. عَلَيْكُمْto youʿalaykum
  3. أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْ(are) your mothersummahātukum
  4. وَبَنَاتُكُمْand your daughterswabanātukum
  5. وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْand your sisterswa-akhawātukum
  6. وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْand your father's sisterswaʿammātukum
  7. وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْand your mother's sisterswakhālātukum
  8. وَبَنَاتُand daughterswabanātu
  9. ٱلْأَخِ(of) brothersl-akhi
  10. وَبَنَاتُand daughterswabanātu
  11. ٱلْأُخْتِ(of) sistersl-ukh'ti
  12. وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُand (the) motherswa-ummahātukumu
  13. ٱلَّـٰتِىٓwhoallātī
  14. أَرْضَعْنَكُمْnursed youarḍaʿnakum
  15. وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمand your sisterswa-akhawātukum
  16. مِّنَfrommina
  17. ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِthe nursingl-raḍāʿati
  18. وَأُمَّهَـٰتُand motherswa-ummahātu
  19. نِسَآئِكُمْ(of) your wivesnisāikum
  20. وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُand your step daughterswarabāibukumu
  21. ٱلَّـٰتِىwhoallātī
  22. فِى(are) infī
  23. حُجُورِكُمyour guardianshipḥujūrikum
  24. مِّنofmin
  25. نِّسَآئِكُمُyour womennisāikumu
  26. ٱلَّـٰتِىwhomallātī
  27. دَخَلْتُمyou had relationsdakhaltum
  28. بِهِنَّwith thembihinna
  29. فَإِنbut iffa-in
  30. لَّمْnotlam
  31. تَكُونُوا۟you hadtakūnū
  32. دَخَلْتُمrelationsdakhaltum
  33. بِهِنَّwith thembihinna
  34. فَلَاthen (there is) nofalā
  35. جُنَاحَsinjunāḥa
  36. عَلَيْكُمْon youʿalaykum
  37. وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُAnd wiveswaḥalāilu
  38. أَبْنَآئِكُمُ(of) your sonsabnāikumu
  39. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  40. مِنْ(are) frommin
  41. أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْyour loinsaṣlābikum
  42. وَأَنand thatwa-an
  43. تَجْمَعُوا۟you gather togethertajmaʿū
  44. بَيْنَ[between]bayna
  45. ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِtwo sistersl-ukh'tayni
  46. إِلَّاexceptillā
  47. مَاwhatmā
  48. قَدْhasqad
  49. سَلَفَ ۗpassed beforesalafa
  50. إِنَّIndeedinna
  51. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  52. كَانَiskāna
  53. غَفُورًۭاOft-Forgivingghafūran
  54. رَّحِيمًۭاMost-Mercifulraḥīman

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