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Quran 4:23

Surah An-Nisa (The Women), verse 23 of 176 · Juz 4

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْ وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْ وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأُخْتِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِىٓ أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُ نِسَآئِكُمْ وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِى فِى حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِى دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ فَإِن لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُ أَبْنَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْ وَأَن تَجْمَعُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Translations of Quran 4:23
EnglishTalal Itani

Forbidden for you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother’s daughters, your sister’s daughters, your foster-mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives’ mothers, and your stepdaughters in your guardianship—born of wives you have gone into—but if you have not gone into them, there is no blame on you. And the wives of your genetic sons, and marrying two sisters simultaneously. Except what is past. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your father's sisters, and your mother's sisters, and your brother's daughters and your sister's daughters, and your foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your mothers-in-law, and your step-daughters who are under your protection (born) of your women unto whom ye have gone in - but if ye have not gone in unto them, then it is no sin for you (to marry their daughters) - and the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins. And (it is forbidden unto you) that ye should have two sisters together, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Sizlere şunlar haram kılındı: Analarınız, kızlarınız, hemşireleriniz, halalarınız, teyzeleriniz, biraderlerinizin kızları, hemşirelerinizin kızları, ve sizi emziren süt analarınızla süt hemşireleriniz ve kadınlarınızın anaları, ve kendilerile zifafa girdiğiniz kadınlarınızdan ellerinizde bulunan üvey kızlarınız şayed analariyle zifafa girmemiş iseniz beis yok - ve kendi sulbünüzden gelmiş oğullarınızın haliyleleri ve iki hemşire beynini cem'etmeniz, geçen geçti, ona Allah Gafur, Rahim bulunuyor.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Il vous est interdit d’épouser vos mères, vos filles, vos sœurs, vos tantes paternelles et maternelles, vos nièces (filles de vos frères ou de vos sœurs), vos nourrices, vos sœurs de lait, les mères de vos femmes, les filles confiées à votre tutelle et issues de femmes avec lesquelles vous auriez cohabité. Mais, si vous n’avez pas cohabité avec elles, il n’y a aucun crime à les épouser. N’épousez pas non plus les filles de vos fils que vous avez engendrés, ni deux sœurs. Si le fait est accompli, Dieu sera indulgent et miséricordieux.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Het is u verboden te huwen met uwe moeders, uwe dochters en uwe zusters, en uwe tantes, zoowel van vaders als van moeders zijde; de dochters van uwe broeders en zusters, uwe voedsters, uwe zoogzusters, de moeder uwer vrouwen en uwe stiefdochters, welke gij onder uwe bescherming hebt genomen, en uit vrouwen geboren zijn, met welke gij reeds omgang hebt gehad. Hebt gij echter geen omgang met haar gehad, dan is er geene zonde in met haar te huwen. Huw ook niet met de vrouwen uwer zonen, die uit u zijn ontsproten, noch twee zusters, behalve wat reeds is geschied; want God is genadig en barmhartig.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Vi è interdetto di sposare le vostre madri, figlie, sorelle, zie di padre, o di madre: nipoti, figlie di vostri fratelli, o sorelle, nutrici, sorelle di latte; le madri delle vostre mogli; le giovani affidate alla vostra tutela, e nate da donne colle quali avrete coabitato. Ma, se non ci avrete coabitato non è peccato a sposarle. Non isposate neppure le figlie dei figli che avete generati, nè due sorelle. Se il fatto è consumato, Dio sarà indulgente, e misericordioso.

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