Surah An-Nisa Verse 23 - English Translation by Mir Aneesuddin
Surah An-Nisaحُرِّمَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أُمَّهَٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُكُمۡ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمۡ وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمۡ وَخَٰلَٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأُخۡتِ وَأُمَّهَٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِيٓ أَرۡضَعۡنَكُمۡ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَٰعَةِ وَأُمَّهَٰتُ نِسَآئِكُمۡ وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِي فِي حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِي دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُ أَبۡنَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۡ أَصۡلَٰبِكُمۡ وَأَن تَجۡمَعُواْ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡأُخۡتَيۡنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ سَلَفَۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا
Forbidden to you (for marriage) are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters and your father's sisters and your mother's sisters and your brothers daughters and your sisters' daughters and your mothers who have suckled you and your foster sisters and your mothers-inlaw and your step daughters under your guardianship (born) of your wives unto whom you have gone in, but if you have not gone in unto them, then there is no sin on you (in marrying them), and (also forbidden) are the wives of your sons who are from your own loins and that you have (at a time) two sisters together (in your wedlock), (there is an) exception to what has already happened in the past, God is certainly Protectively Forgiving, Merciful