22 Preface وَلا تَنكِحوا ما نَكَحَ آباؤُكُم مِنَ النِّساءِ إِلّا ما قَد سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ فاحِشَةً وَمَقتًا وَساءَ سَبيلًاYusuf AliAnd marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.1See above; 4:19, n. 527.