Surah An-Nisa · Ayah 19

Meaning of Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 19

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yahillu lakum an tarithoo annisaakarhan wala taAAduloohunna litathhaboobibaAAdi ma ataytumoohunna illa anya/teena bifahishatin mubayyinatin waAAashiroohunnabilmaAAroofi fa-in karihtumoohunna faAAasa antakrahoo shay-an wayajAAala Allahu feehi khayran katheera

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1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
4. لَاlāNot
5. يَحِلُّyaḥillu(is) lawful
6. لَكُمْlakumfor you
7. أَنanthat
8. تَرِثُوا۟tarithūyou inherit
9. ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
10. كَرْهًۭا ۖkarhan(by) force
11. وَلَاwalāAnd not
12. تَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnayou constraint them
13. لِتَذْهَبُوا۟litadhhabūso that you may take
14. بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍia part
15. مَآmā(of) what
16. ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
17. إِلَّآillāexcept
18. أَنanthat
19. يَأْتِينَyatīnathey commit
20. بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢbifāḥishatinimmorality
21. مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚmubayyinatinopen
22. وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّwaʿāshirūhunnaAnd live with them
23. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚbil-maʿrūfiin kindness
24. فَإِنfa-inBut if
25. كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّkarih'tumūhunnayou dislike them
26. فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāthen perhaps
27. أَنanthat
28. تَكْرَهُوا۟takrahūyou dislike
29. شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
30. وَيَجْعَلَwayajʿalaand has placed
31. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
32. فِيهِfīhiin it
33. خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
34. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch