An-Nisa (The Women)
Verse 21of 176
وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا﴿٢١﴾
Translation (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?
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their WillAl-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُواْ النِّسَآءَ كَرْهاً(O you who believe! You are not permitted to inherit women against their will,) "Before, the practice was that when a man dies, his male relatives used to have the right to do whatever they wanted with his wife.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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