yusuf_ali_transliteration

22. Wala tankihoo ma nakaha abaokum mina a

nnisa-i illa ma qad salafa innahu kana

fahishatan wamaqtan wasaa sabeela

22. And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It was

shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.

Section 4 (23-25)

23. Hurrimat AAalaykum ommahatukum wabanatukum waakhawatukum

waAAammatukum wakhalatukum wabanatu al-akhi wabanatu al-okhti

waommahatukumu allatee ardaAAnakum waakhawatukum mina a

rradaAAati

waommahatu nisa-ikum waraba-ibukumu allatee fee hujoorikum min nisa-ikumu allatee

dakhaltum bihinna fa-in lam takoonoo dakhaltum bihinna fala junaha AAalaykum

wahala-ilu abna-ikumu allatheena min aslabikum waan tajmaAAoo bayna al-okhtayni illa

ma qad salafa inna Allaha kana ghafooran raheema

23. Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's

sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave

you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters u nder your

guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not

gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two

sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is pa st; for God is Oft-

forgiving, Most Merciful;-