# Quran 4:20 — Surah An-Nisa' (The Women), Verse 20

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
وَإِنۡ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسۡتِبۡدَالَ زَوۡجٖ مَّكَانَ زَوۡجٖ وَءَاتَيۡتُمۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارٗا فَلَا تَأۡخُذُواْ مِنۡهُ شَيۡـًٔاۚ أَتَأۡخُذُونَهُۥ بُهۡتَٰنٗا وَإِثۡمٗا مُّبِينٗا

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
وَاِنْ اَرَدْتُّمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَّاٰتَیْتُمْ اِحْدٰىهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا فَلَا تَاْخُذُوْا مِنْهُ شَیْـًٔا اَتَاْخُذُوْنَهٗ بُهْتَانًا وَّاِثْمًا مُّبِیْنًا ۟

## Transliteration
Wa in arattumustib daala zawjim makaana zawjin wa aataitum ihdaahunna qintaaran falaa ta'khuzoo minhu shai'aa; ata'khuzoonahoo buhtaannanw wa ismam mubeenaa

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would ye take it by slander and manifest wrong?

**Citation:** Quran, Surah An-Nisa' 4:20 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Divorce](https://deen.global/quran/topics/marriage/divorce.md) · [Dowry](https://deen.global/quran/topics/marriage/dowry.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/4/19.md
Next verse: https://deen.global/quran/4/21.md
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