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Verse (4:21) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 21st verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women)

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

Pickthall: How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath gone in unto the other, and they have taken a strong pledge from you?

Yusuf Ali: And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant?

Shakir: And how can you take it when one of you has already gone in to the other and they have made with you a firm covenant?

Muhammad Sarwar: How can you take it back when you have had intimate relations and made a solemn agreement with each other?

Mohsin Khan: And how could you take it (back) while you have gone in unto each other, and they have taken from you a firm and strong covenant?

Arberry: How shall you take it, when each of you has been privily with the other, and they have taken from you a solemn compact?

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