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An-Nisa 4:19

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَرِثُواْ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرۡهٗاۖ وَلَا تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذۡهَبُواْ بِبَعۡضِ مَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأۡتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٖ مُّبَيِّنَةٖۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ فَإِن كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيۡرٗا كَثِيرٗا

O believers! It is not permissible for you to inherit women against their will or mistreat them to make them return some of the dowry ˹as a ransom for divorce˺—unless they are found guilty of adultery. Treat them fairly. If you happen to dislike them, you may hate something which Allah turns into a great blessing.

Word by word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
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ءَامَنُواْ
āmanū
believe[d]
Vocabulary
Root: امن
لَا
lā
Not
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يَحِلُّ
yaḥillu
(is) lawful
Vocabulary
Root: حلل
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
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أَن
an
that
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تَرِثُواْ
tarithū
you inherit
Vocabulary
Root: ورث
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
l-nisāa
the women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
كَرۡهٗاۖ
karhan
(by) force
Vocabulary
Root: كره
وَلَا
walā
And not
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تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ
taʿḍulūhunna
you constraint them
Vocabulary
Root: عضل
لِتَذۡهَبُواْ
litadhhabū
so that you may take
Vocabulary
Root: ذهب
بِبَعۡضِ
bibaʿḍi
a part
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
مَآ
mā
(of) what
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ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ
ātaytumūhunna
you have given them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
إِلَّآ
illā
except
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أَن
an
that
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يَأۡتِينَ
yatīna
they commit
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Root: اتي
بِفَٰحِشَةٖ
bifāḥishatin
immorality
Vocabulary
Root: فحش
مُّبَيِّنَةٖۚ
mubayyinatin
open
Vocabulary
Root: بين
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ
waʿāshirūhunna
And live with them
Vocabulary
Root: عشر
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ
bil-maʿrūfi
in kindness
Vocabulary
Root: عرف
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
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كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ
karih'tumūhunna
you dislike them
Vocabulary
Root: كره
فَعَسَىٰٓ
faʿasā
then perhaps
Vocabulary
Root: عسي
أَن
an
that
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تَكۡرَهُواْ
takrahū
you dislike
Vocabulary
Root: كره
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
a thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَيَجۡعَلَ
wayajʿala
and has placed
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
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خَيۡرٗا
khayran
good
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Root: خير
كَثِيرٗا
kathīran
much
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Root: كثر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.