Surah An-Nisa 4:4 — translation and meaning
النساء · Verse 4 / 176 · Page 77
ۚ وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَيْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا مَّرِيئًا
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ۚ
وَآتُوا
waatu
And give
النِّسَاءَ
al-nisaa
the women
صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ
saduqatihinna
their dower
نِحْلَةً
nih'latan
graciously
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
طِبْنَ
tib'na
they remit
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
عَن
an
of
شَيْءٍ
shayin
anything
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
of it
نَفْسًا
nafsan
(on their) own
فَكُلُوهُ
fakuluhu
then eat it
هَنِيئًا
hanian
(in) satisfaction
مَّرِيئًا
marian
(and) ease
Transliteration
Wa aatun nisaaa'a sadu qaatihinna nihlah; fa in tibna lakum 'an shai'im minhu nafsan fakuloohu hanee'am mareee'aa
Translation
And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Give women their dowries with good will. Yet if they gladly give up a part of the dowry to you, of their own free will, then there is nothing to stop you enjoying it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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