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Tafsir

Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nisa 4:21

Word by word

وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَـٰقًا غَلِيظًا

And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وكيف يحلُّ لكم أن تأخذوا ما أعطيتموهن من مهر، وقد استمتع كل منكما بالآخر بالجماع، وأخَذْنَ منكم ميثاقًا غليظًا من إمساكهن بمعروف أو تسريحهن بإحسان؟

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