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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 20 (4:20)

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وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا …

Quran 4:20 is ayah 20 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 81 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:20
وَإِنْأَرَدتُّمُٱسْتِبْدَالَزَوْجٍمَّكَانَزَوْجٍوَءَاتَيْتُمْإِحْدَىٰهُنَّقِنطَارًافَلَاتَأْخُذُوا۟مِنْهُشَئًْا ۚأَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥبُهْتَٰنًاوَإِثْمًامُّبِينًا٢٠
wa-in aradttumu is'tib'dāla zawjin makāna zawjin waātaytum iḥ'dāhunna qinṭāran falā takhudhū min'hu shayan atakhudhūnahu buh'tānan wa-ith'man 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?(20)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
  2. أَرَدتُّمُaradttumuyou intend
  3. ٱسْتِبْدَالَis'tib'dālareplacing
  4. زَوْجٍzawjina wife
  5. مَّكَانَmakāna(in) place
  6. زَوْجٍzawjin(of) a wife
  7. وَءَاتَيْتُمْwaātaytumand you have given
  8. إِحْدَىٰهُنَّiḥ'dāhunnaone of them
  9. قِنطَارًاqinṭāranheap (of gold)
  10. فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
  11. تَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūtake away
  12. مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
  13. شَئًْا ۚshayananything
  14. أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥatakhudhūnahuWould you take it
  15. بُهْتَٰنًاbuh'tānan(by) slander
  16. وَإِثْمًاwa-ith'manand a sin
  17. مُّبِينًاmubīnanopen

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