# Quran 4:19 — Surah An-Nisa' (The Women), Verse 19

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَرِثُواْ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرۡهٗاۖ وَلَا تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذۡهَبُواْ بِبَعۡضِ مَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأۡتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٖ مُّبَيِّنَةٖۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ فَإِن كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيۡرٗا كَثِيرٗا

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا یَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَآءَ كَرْهًا وَلَا تَعْضُلُوْهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوْا بِبَعْضِ مَاۤ اٰتَیْتُمُوْهُنَّ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّاْتِیْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَیِّنَةٍ وَعَاشِرُوْهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ فَاِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوْهُنَّ فَعَسٰۤی اَنْ تَكْرَهُوْا شَیْـًٔا وَّیَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ فِیْهِ خَیْرًا كَثِیْرًا ۟

## Transliteration
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa yahillu lakum an tarisun nisaaa'a karhan wa laa ta'duloohunna litazhaboo biba'di maaa aataitumoohunna illaaa ai ya'teena bifaahishatim mubaiyinah; wa 'aashiroo hunna bilma'roof; fa in karihtumoohunna fa'asaaa an takrahoo shai'anw wa yaj'alal laahu feehi khairan kaseeraa

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.

**Citation:** Quran, Surah An-Nisa' 4:19 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Behaviour in Marriage](https://deen.global/quran/topics/marriage/behaviour-in-marriage.md) · [Divorce](https://deen.global/quran/topics/marriage/divorce.md) · [Dowry](https://deen.global/quran/topics/marriage/dowry.md) · [Modesty](https://deen.global/quran/topics/virtues-conduct/modesty.md) · [Treatment of Women](https://deen.global/quran/topics/women/treatment-of-women.md)

**Context:** Surah An-Nisa' is a medinan surah with 176 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-an-nisa.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/4/18.md
Next verse: https://deen.global/quran/4/20.md
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