Surah An-Nisaa

وَكَيْفَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥوَقَدْأَفْضَىٰبَعْضُكُمْإِلَىٰبَعْضٍۢوَأَخَذْنَمِنكُممِّيثَٰقًاغَلِيظًۭا

And how could you take it away after you have given yourselves to one another, and she has received a most solemn pledge from you?

وَلَاتَنكِحُوا۟مَانَكَحَءَابَآؤُكُممِّنَٱلنِّسَآءِإِلَّامَاقَدْسَلَفَإِنَّهُۥكَانَفَٰحِشَةًۭوَمَقْتًۭاوَسَآءَسَبِيلًا

AND DO NOT marry women whom your fathers have previously married - although what is past is past: this, verily, is a shameful deed, and a hateful thing, and an evil way.

حُرِّمَتْعَلَيْكُمْأُمَّهَٰتُكُمْوَبَنَاتُكُمْوَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْوَعَمَّٰتُكُمْوَخَٰلَٰتُكُمْوَبَنَاتُٱلْأَخِوَبَنَاتُٱلْأُخْتِوَأُمَّهَٰتُكُمُٱلَّٰتِىٓأَرْضَعْنَكُمْوَأَخَوَٰتُكُممِّنَٱلرَّضَٰعَةِوَأُمَّهَٰتُنِسَآئِكُمْوَرَبَٰٓئِبُكُمُٱلَّٰتِىفِىحُجُورِكُممِّننِّسَآئِكُمُٱلَّٰتِىدَخَلْتُمبِهِنَّفَإِنلَّمْتَكُونُوا۟دَخَلْتُمبِهِنَّفَلَاجُنَاحَعَلَيْكُمْوَحَلَٰٓئِلُأَبْنَآئِكُمُٱلَّذِينَمِنْأَصْلَٰبِكُمْوَأَنتَجْمَعُوا۟بَيْنَٱلْأُخْتَيْنِإِلَّامَاقَدْسَلَفَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your aunts paternal and maternal, and a brother's daughters, and a sister's daughters; and your milk-mothers, and your milk-sisters; and the mothers of your wives; and your step-daughters - who are your foster children - born of your wives with whom you have consummated your marriage; but if you have not consummated your marriage, you will incur no sin [by marrying their daughters]; and [forbidden to you are] the spouses of the sons who have sprung from your loins; and [you are forbidden] to have two sisters [as your wives] at one and the same time - but what is past is past: for, behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُمِنَٱلنِّسَآءِإِلَّامَامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُمْكِتَٰبَٱللَّهِعَلَيْكُمْوَأُحِلَّلَكُممَّاوَرَآءَذَٰلِكُمْأَنتَبْتَغُوا۟بِأَمْوَٰلِكُممُّحْصِنِينَغَيْرَمُسَٰفِحِينَفَمَاٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمبِهِۦمِنْهُنَّفَـَٔاتُوهُنَّأُجُورَهُنَّفَرِيضَةًۭوَلَاجُنَاحَعَلَيْكُمْفِيمَاتَرَٰضَيْتُمبِهِۦمِنۢبَعْدِٱلْفَرِيضَةِإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَلِيمًاحَكِيمًۭا

And [forbidden to you are] all married women other than those whom you rightfully possess [through wedlock]: this is God's ordinance, binding upon you. But lawful to you are all [women] beyond these, for you to seek out, offering them of your possessions, taking them in honest wedlock, and not in fornication. And unto those with whom you desire to enjoy marriage, you shall give the dowers due to them; but you will incur no sin if, after [having agreed upon] this lawful due, you freely agree with one another upon anything [else]: behold, God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

وَمَنلَّمْيَسْتَطِعْمِنكُمْطَوْلًاأَنيَنكِحَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِفَمِنمَّامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُممِّنفَتَيَٰتِكُمُٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِإِيمَٰنِكُمبَعْضُكُممِّنۢبَعْضٍۢفَٱنكِحُوهُنَّبِإِذْنِأَهْلِهِنَّوَءَاتُوهُنَّأُجُورَهُنَّبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِمُحْصَنَٰتٍغَيْرَمُسَٰفِحَٰتٍۢوَلَامُتَّخِذَٰتِأَخْدَانٍۢفَإِذَآأُحْصِنَّفَإِنْأَتَيْنَبِفَٰحِشَةٍۢفَعَلَيْهِنَّنِصْفُمَاعَلَىٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِمِنَٱلْعَذَابِذَٰلِكَلِمَنْخَشِىَٱلْعَنَتَمِنكُمْوَأَنتَصْبِرُوا۟خَيْرٌۭلَّكُمْوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

And as for those of you who, owing to cir­cumstances, are not in a position to marry free believing women, [let them marry] believing maidens from among those whom you rightfully possess. And God knows all about your faith; each one of you is an issue of the other. Marry them, then, with their people's leave, and give them their dowers in an equitable manner - they being women who give themselves in honest wedlock, not in fornication, nor as secret love-companions. And when they are married, and thereafter become guilty of immoral conduct, they shall be liable to half the penalty to which free married women are liable. This [permission to marry slave-girls applies] to those of you who fear lest they stumble into evil. But it is for your own good to persevere in patience [and to abstain from such marriages]: and God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

يُرِيدُٱللَّهُلِيُبَيِّنَلَكُمْوَيَهْدِيَكُمْسُنَنَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمْوَيَتُوبَعَلَيْكُمْوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌۭ

God wants to make [all this] clear unto you, and to guide you onto the [righteous] ways of life of those who preceded you, and to turn unto you in His mercy: for God is all-knowing, wise.

وَٱللَّهُيُرِيدُأَنيَتُوبَعَلَيْكُمْوَيُرِيدُٱلَّذِينَيَتَّبِعُونَٱلشَّهَوَٰتِأَنتَمِيلُوا۟مَيْلًاعَظِيمًۭا

And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path.

يُرِيدُٱللَّهُأَنيُخَفِّفَعَنكُمْوَخُلِقَٱلْإِنسَٰنُضَعِيفًۭا

God wants to lighten your burdens: for man has been created weak.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَأْكُلُوٓا۟أَمْوَٰلَكُمبَيْنَكُمبِٱلْبَٰطِلِإِلَّآأَنتَكُونَتِجَٰرَةًعَنتَرَاضٍۢمِّنكُمْوَلَاتَقْتُلُوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَبِكُمْرَحِيمًۭا

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not devour one another's possessions wrongfully - not even by way of trade based on mutual agreement - and do not destroy one another: for, behold, God is indeed a dispenser of grace unto you!

وَمَنيَفْعَلْذَٰلِكَعُدْوَٰنًۭاوَظُلْمًۭافَسَوْفَنُصْلِيهِنَارًۭاوَكَانَذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِيَسِيرًا

And as for him who does this with malicious intent and a will to do wrong - him shall We, in time, cause to endure [suffering through] fire: for this is indeed easy for God.

إِنتَجْتَنِبُوا۟كَبَآئِرَمَاتُنْهَوْنَعَنْهُنُكَفِّرْعَنكُمْسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْوَنُدْخِلْكُممُّدْخَلًۭاكَرِيمًۭا

If you avoid the great sins, which you have been enjoined to shun, We shall efface your [minor] bad deeds, and shall cause you to enter an abode of glory.

وَلَاتَتَمَنَّوْا۟مَافَضَّلَٱللَّهُبِهِۦبَعْضَكُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢلِّلرِّجَالِنَصِيبٌۭمِّمَّاٱكْتَسَبُوا۟وَلِلنِّسَآءِنَصِيبٌۭمِّمَّاٱكْتَسَبْنَوَسْـَٔلُوا۟ٱللَّهَمِنفَضْلِهِۦٓإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمًۭا

Hence, do not covet the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on some of you than on others. Men shall have a benefit from what they earn, and women shall have a benefit from what they earn. Ask, therefore, God [to give you] out of His bounty: behold, God has indeed full knowledge of everything.

وَلِكُلٍّۢجَعَلْنَامَوَٰلِىَمِمَّاتَرَكَٱلْوَٰلِدَانِوَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَوَٱلَّذِينَعَقَدَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُمْفَـَٔاتُوهُمْنَصِيبَهُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدًا

And unto everyone have We appointed heirs to what he may leave behind: parents, and near kinsfolk, and those to whom you have pledged your troth give them, therefore, their share. Behold, God is indeed a witness unto everything.

ٱلرِّجَالُقَوَّٰمُونَعَلَىٱلنِّسَآءِبِمَافَضَّلَٱللَّهُبَعْضَهُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢوَبِمَآأَنفَقُوا۟مِنْأَمْوَٰلِهِمْفَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُقَٰنِتَٰتٌحَٰفِظَٰتٌۭلِّلْغَيْبِبِمَاحَفِظَٱللَّهُوَٱلَّٰتِىتَخَافُونَنُشُوزَهُنَّفَعِظُوهُنَّوَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّفِىٱلْمَضَاجِعِوَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّفَإِنْأَطَعْنَكُمْفَلَاتَبْغُوا۟عَلَيْهِنَّسَبِيلًاإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَلِيًّۭاكَبِيرًۭا

MEN SHALL take full care of women with the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on the former than on the latter, and with what they may spend out of their possessions. And the right­eous women are the truly devout ones, who guard the intimacy which God has [ordained to be] guar­ded. And as for those women whose ill-will you have reason to fear, admonish them [first]; then leave them alone in bed; then beat them; and if thereupon they pay you heed, do not seek to harm them. Behold, God is indeed most high, great!

وَإِنْخِفْتُمْشِقَاقَبَيْنِهِمَافَٱبْعَثُوا۟حَكَمًۭامِّنْأَهْلِهِۦوَحَكَمًۭامِّنْأَهْلِهَآإِنيُرِيدَآإِصْلَٰحًۭايُوَفِّقِٱللَّهُبَيْنَهُمَآإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَلِيمًاخَبِيرًۭا

And if you have reason to fear that a breach might occur between a [married] couple, appoint an arbiter from among his people and an arbiter from among her people; if they both want to set things aright, God may bring about their reconciliation. Be­hold, God is indeed all-knowing, aware.

وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَلَاتُشْرِكُوا۟بِهِۦشَيْـًۭٔاوَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِإِحْسَٰنًۭاوَبِذِىٱلْقُرْبَىٰوَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰوَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِوَٱلْجَارِذِىٱلْقُرْبَىٰوَٱلْجَارِٱلْجُنُبِوَٱلصَّاحِبِبِٱلْجَنۢبِوَٱبْنِٱلسَّبِيلِوَمَامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُحِبُّمَنكَانَمُخْتَالًۭافَخُورًا

AND WORSHIP God [alone], and do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to aught beside Him. And do good unto your parents, and near of kin, and unto orphans, and the needy, and the neighbour from among your own people, and the neighbour who is a stranger, and the friend by your side, and the wayfarer, and those whom you rightfully possess. Verily, God does not love any of those who, full of self-conceit, act in a boastful manner;

ٱلَّذِينَيَبْخَلُونَوَيَأْمُرُونَٱلنَّاسَبِٱلْبُخْلِوَيَكْتُمُونَمَآءَاتَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦوَأَعْتَدْنَالِلْكَٰفِرِينَعَذَابًۭامُّهِينًۭا

[nor] those who are niggardly, and bid others to be niggardly, and conceal whatever God has bestowed upon them out of His bounty; and so We have readied shameful suffering for all who thus deny the truth.

وَٱلَّذِينَيُنفِقُونَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْرِئَآءَٱلنَّاسِوَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَلَابِٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَمَنيَكُنِٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلَهُۥقَرِينًۭافَسَآءَقَرِينًۭا

And [God does not love] those who spend their possessions on others [only] to be seen and praised by men, the while they believe neither in God nor in the Last Day; and he who has Satan for a soul-mate, how evil a soul-mate has he!

وَمَاذَاعَلَيْهِمْلَوْءَامَنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَأَنفَقُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقَهُمُٱللَّهُوَكَانَٱللَّهُبِهِمْعَلِيمًا

And what would they have to fear if they would but believe in God and the Last Day, and spend [in His way] out of what God has granted them as sustenance - since God has indeed full knowledge of them?

إِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَظْلِمُمِثْقَالَذَرَّةٍۢوَإِنتَكُحَسَنَةًۭيُضَٰعِفْهَاوَيُؤْتِمِنلَّدُنْهُأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

Verily, God does not wrong [anyone] by as much as an atom's weight; and if there be a good deed, He will multiply it, and will bestow out of His grace a mighty reward.