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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 21

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وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَـٰقًا غَلِيظًا

Wakayfa takhu th oonahu waqad af da baAA d ukum il a baAA d in waakha th na minkum meeth a qan ghalee th a n

And how could you take it away after you have given yourselves to one another, and she has²³ received a most solemn pledge from you?

- Mohammad Asad

And how could you take it back when you have enjoyed conjugal happiness and she had taken from you a firm pledge of marriage?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And how could you take it back after having enjoyed each other intimately and she has taken from you a firm commitment?¹

- Mustafa Khattab

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?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali