وَكَيۡفَ
تَأۡخُذُونَهُۥ
وَقَدۡ
أَفۡضَىٰ
بَعۡضُكُمۡ
إِلَىٰ
بَعۡضٖ
وَأَخَذۡنَ
مِنكُم
مِّيثَٰقًا
غَلِيظٗا
٢١
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?
— M. Pickthall
And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?
— Saheeh International
And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant?
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-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 wh
…Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَ
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