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Quran 4:20

Surah An-Nisa (The Women), verse 20 of 176 · Juz 4

وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَـٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

Translations of Quran 4:20
EnglishTalal Itani

If you wish to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a fortune, take nothing back from it. Would you take it back fraudulently and sinfully?

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Ve şayed bir zevceyi bırakıb da yerine diğer bir zevce almak istiyorsanız evvelkine yüklerle mehir vermiş de bulunsanız içinden bir şey almayın, ne diye alacaksınız bir büthân ederek ve açık bir vebal yüklenerek mi?

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Si vous désirez changer une femme contre une autre, et que vous ayez donné à l’une d’elle cent dinars, ne lui en ôtez rien. Voudriez-vous les lui arracher par une injustice et une iniquité évidentes ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Indien gij eene vrouw tegen eene andere wilt verruilen, en hadt gij reeds eene van haar een talent gegeven, dan nog moogt gij niets daarvan terugnemen. Zoudt gij het haar ook door eene onrechtvaardigheid en klaarblijkelijke oneerlijkheid willen afnemen?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Se volete ripudiare una moglie cui avete data una dote del valore di un talento per prenderne un’altra, lasciate alla prima la dote intiera. Vorreste voi togliergliela con un’ingiustizia, ed un’iniquità evidente?

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.