Surah An-Nisa Ayat 20 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 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?
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 manifest wrong?
And if you decide to dispense with a wife in order to take another, do not take away anything of what you might have given the first one, even if you had given her a heap of gold. Would you take it back by slandering her and committing a manifest wrong?
But if you intend to replace a wife by another and you have given one of them a Cantar (of gold i.e. a great amount) as Mahr, take not the least bit of it back; would you take it wrongfully without a right and (with) a manifest sin?
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?
And in case you are willing to exchange a spouse in place of (another) spouse, and you have brought one of them a hundredweight, (Literally: a Kantar) then do not take anything of it. Will you take it by way of all-malicious (calumny) and evident vice?
If you wish to replace one wife with another, do not take any of her bride-gift back, even if you have given her a great amount of gold.
اور اگر تم ایک بیوی کی جگہ دوسری بیوی کرنا ہی چاہو اور ان میں سے کسی کو تم نے خزانہ کا خزانہ دے رکھا ہو، تو بھی اس میں سے کچھ نہ لو کیا تم اسے ناحق اور کھلا گناه ہوتے ہوئے بھی لے لو گے، تم اسے کیسے لے لو گے
Quran 4 Verse 20 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah An-Nisa ayat 20, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(4:20) And if you decide to dispense with a wife in order to take another, do not take away anything of what you might have given the first one, even if you had given her a heap of gold. Would you take it back by slandering her and committing a manifest wrong?
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Nisa verse 20 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nisa ayat 19 which provides the complete commentary from verse 19 through 22.
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