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An-Nisa (The Women) · Ayah 20

وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَـٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا 20

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?

وَإِنْwa-inAnd if

أَرَدتُّمُaradttumuyou intend

رودr-w-dverb

ٱسْتِبْدَالَis'tib'dālareplacing

بدلb-d-lnoun

زَوْجٍۢzawjina wife

زوجz-w-jnoun

مَّكَانَmakāna(in) place

كونk-w-nnoun

زَوْجٍۢzawjin(of) a wife

زوجz-w-jnoun

وَءَاتَيْتُمْwaātaytumand you have given