The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:19
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
لَا
يَحِلُّ
لَكُمْ
أَن
تَرِثُوا
النِّسَاءَ
كَرْهًا
وَلَا
تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ
لِتَذْهَبُوا
بِبَعْضِ
مَا
آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ
إِلَّا
أَن
يَأْتِينَ
بِفَاحِشَةٍ
مُّبَيِّنَةٍ
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
فَإِن
كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ
فَعَسَى
أَن
تَكْرَهُوا
شَيْئًا
وَيَجْعَلَ
اللَّهُ
فِيهِ
خَيْرًا
كَثِيرًا
yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā yaḥillu lakum ʾan tarithū n-nisāʾa karhan wa-lā taʿḍulūhunna li-tadhhabū bi-baʿḍi mā ʾātaytumūhunna ʾillā ʾan yaʾtīna bi-fāḥishatin mubayyinatin wa-ʿāshirūhunna bi-l-maʿrūfi fa-ʾin karihtumūhunna fa-ʿasā ʾan takrahū shayʾan wa-yajʿala llāhu fīhi khayran kathīran
Believers, it is not lawful for you to inherit women against their will as part of the legacy. Do not create difficulties for your wives in order to force them to give-up part of what you had given to them to set themselves free from the bond of marriage, unless they have clearly committed adultery. Always treat them reasonably. If you dislike them, you could be disliking that which God has filled with abundant good.
