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Quran 4:22

Surah An-Nisa (The Women), verse 22 of 176 · Juz 4

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا

Translations of Quran 4:22
EnglishTalal Itani

Do not marry women whom your fathers married, except what is already past. That is improper, indecent, and a bad custom.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! it was ever lewdness and abomination, and an evil way.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Bir de babalarınızın nikâhı geçmiş kadınları nikâhlamayın, geçen geçti, şüphe yok ki o pek çirkindi, iğrenç idi, o ne fena âdetti.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

N’épousez pas les femmes qui ont été les épouses de vos pères ; c’est une turpitude, c’est une abomination et un mauvais usage : toutefois laissez subsister ce qui est déjà accomplit

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Huw de vrouwen niet, die de echtgenooten van uwe vaders waren, hetgeen reeds geschied is; want het is schandelijk en afschuwelijk, en eene slechte daad.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Non isposate le donne che sono state le mogli dei vostri padri; è una turpitudine, è un’abominazione, ed un cattivo uso; tuttavia lascerete stare quel che fosse già fatto.

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