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Surah An-Nisa, verse 21: meaning and tafsir

  • Verse 21 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Medinan
  • 4:21

وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا ۝٢١

How could you take it back after having been intimate with one another, and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

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4:21

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21. How could you take what you gave to them as a dowry after the relationship, love, enjoyment and sharing of secrets that has occurred between you? Greed for the wealth which is theirs after all this is forbidden and shameful. They took a sincere promise from you, by which they became lawful to you through the Word of Allah and His sacred law.

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