Do not marry women whom your fathers married, except what is already past. That is improper, indecent, and a bad custom.
An-Nisa' 4:22
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وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
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Do not marry women whom your fathers married, except what is already past. That is improper, indecent, and a bad custom.
And don't marry women who were married to your fathers, except what already happened before. Doing that is very wrong, hateful, and a very bad way to behave.
And don't marry women whom your fathers married, except what happened in the past. It is shameful, hateful, and a terrible path to follow.
Do not marry women your fathers married — except what has already passed. It was indeed an indecency, a hateful thing, and a wretched path.
And do not marry women that your fathers married, except what previously took place. It is improper, indecent, and a bad practice.
And do not marry women that your fathers married, except what previously took place. It is improper, indecent, and a bad practice.
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allāh] and was evil as a way.
And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way.
Do not marry the women whom your fathers married, except what happened in the past: it is indeed a shameful, detestable, and evil practice.
And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.
And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! it was ever lewdness and abomination, and an evil way.
Do not marry women whom your fathers married, except for what has already taken place in the past. This is indeed a shameful deed, a loathsome thing and an evil practice.
Do not marry the women whom your fathers married, although what is past is past. This indeed was a shameful deed, a hateful thing, and an evil way.
Do not marry any of the women whom your fathers had married, excluding what is already past. That is indeed an indecency, an outrage and an evil course.
Wala tankihoo ma nakaha abaokum mina alnnisai illa ma qad salafa innahu kana fahishatan wamaqtan wasaa sabeelan