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وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَـٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا Qur’an An-Nisaa' (4:20)

Wain aradtumu istibdala zawjin makana zawjin waataytum ihdahunna qintaran fala takhuthoo minhu shayan atakhuthoonahu buhtanan waithman mubeenan

But if you desire to give up a wife and to take another in her stead, do not take away anything of what you have given the first one, however much it may have been.²¹ Would you, perchance, take it away by slandering her and thus committing a manifest sin?²²

- Mohammad Asad

If you wish to marry another wife in place of the one you already have, do not take back anything of what you have given her even if it be a heap of gold. Would you take it back through slander and open sin (accusing her unjustly)?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

If you desire to replace a wife with another and you have given the former 'even' a stack of gold 'as a dowry', do not take any of it back. Would you 'still' take it unjustly and very sinfully?

- Mustafa Khattab

And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower take not the least bit of it back: would ye take it by slander and a manifest wrong? ⁵²⁹

Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 20

But if you desire to give up a wife and to take another in her stead, do not take away anything of what you have given the first one, however much it may have been.²¹ Would you, perchance, take it away by slandering her and thus committing a manifest sin?²²

- Mohammad Asad

If you wish to marry another wife in place of the one you already have, do not take back anything of what you have given her even if it be a heap of gold. Would you take it back through slander and open sin (accusing her unjustly)?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

If you desire to replace a wife with another and you have given the former 'even' a stack of gold 'as a dowry', do not take any of it back. Would you 'still' take it unjustly and very sinfully?

- Mustafa Khattab

And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower take not the least bit of it back: would ye take it by slander and a manifest wrong? ⁵²⁹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 20

But if you desire to give up a wife and to take another in her stead, do not take away anything of what you have given the first one, however much it may have been.21 Would you, perchance, take it away by slandering her and thus committing a manifest sin?22

- Mohammad Asad

If you wish to marry another wife in place of the one you already have, do not take back anything of what you have given her even if it be a heap of gold. Would you take it back through slander and open sin (accusing her unjustly)?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

If you desire to replace a wife with another and you have given the former 'even' a stack of gold 'as a dowry', do not take any of it back. Would you 'still' take it unjustly and very sinfully?

- Mustafa Khattab

And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower take not the least bit of it back: would ye take it by slander and a manifest wrong? 529

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Related Islamic Resources

But if you desire to give up a wife and to take another in her stead, do not take away anything of what you have given the first one, however much it may have been.²¹ Would you, perchance, take it away by slandering her and thus committing a manifest sin?²²

But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower take not the least bit of it back: would ye take it by slander and a manifest wrong? ⁵²⁹