Quran 4:20

Surah An-Nisa, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 176 in Surah An-Nisa (النساء), chapter 4 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

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

EnglishSaheeh International
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
TamilJan Trust Foundation
நீங்கள் ஒரு மனைவி(யை விலக்கி விட்டு அவளு)க்கு பதிலாக மற்றொரு மனைவியை (மணந்து கொள்ள) நாடினால், முந்தைய மனைவிக்கு ஒரு பொருட்குவியலையே கொடுத்திருந்த போதிலும், அதிலிருந்து எதையும் (திரும்ப) எடுத்துக் கொள்ளாதீர்கள் - அபாண்டமாகவும், பகிரங்கமாகப் பாவகரமாகவும், அதனை நீங்கள் (திரும்பி) எடுக்கிறீர்களா?
SinhalaRuwwad Center
භාර්යාවක ස්ථානයේ තවත් භාර්යාවක් මාරු කරන්නට නුඹලා අදහස් කරන්නේ නම් ඔවුන්ගෙන් එක් තැනැත්තියකට නුඹලා ධන සම්භාරයක් පිරිනමා තිබුණ ද නුඹලා එයින් කිසිවක් නො ගනු. නුඹලා එය අයුක්ති සහගත ලෙසින් හා පැහැදිලි පාප කර්මයක් ලෙසින් ගන්නෙහු ද?
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
اور اگر تم ایک بیوی کی جگہ دوسری بیوی کرنا ہی چاہو اور ان میں سے کسی کو تم نے خزانہ کا خزانہ دے رکھا ہو، تو بھی اس میں سے کچھ نہ لو کیا تم اسے ناحق اور کھلا گناه ہوتے ہوئے بھی لے لو گے ۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
あなたがたが一人の妻の代りに,他と替えようとする時は,仮令かの女に(如何に)巨額を与えていても,その中から何も取り戻してはならない。あなたがたは,ありもしない中傷という明白な罪を犯して,これを取り戻そうとするのか。
ChineseMa Jian
如果你们休一个妻室,而另娶一个妻室,即使你们已给过前妻一千两黄金,你们也不要取回一丝毫。难道你们要加以诬蔑和亏枉而把它取回吗?

Tafsir of 4:20

Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah, يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُواْ النِّسَآءَ كَرْهاً (O you who believe! You are not permitted to inherit women against their will,) "Before, the practice was that when a man dies, his male relatives used to have the right to do whatever they wanted with his wife. If one of them wants, he would marry her, give her in marriage, or prevent her from marriage, for they had more right to her than her own family. Thereafter, this Ayah was revealed about this practice, يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُواْ النِّسَآءَ كَرْهاً (O you who believe! You are not permitted to inherit women against their will)." Women Should not Be Treated with Harshness Allah said, وَلاَ تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُواْ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ (nor to prevent them from marriage, in order to take part of what you have given them,) Allah commands: Do not treat the woman harshly so that she gives back all or part of the dowry that she was given, or forfeits one of her rights by means of coercion and oppression.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 4:20 — Surah An-Nisa Verse 20