The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
Page #80
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
O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.
— Abdullah Yusufali
O you who have faith! It is not lawful for you to inherit women forcibly, and do not press them to take away part of what you have given them, unless they commit a gross indecency. Consort with them in an honourable manner; and should you dislike them, maybe you dislike something while Allah invests it with an abundant good.
