Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nisaa, Ayah 21
وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا
And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?
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(How can ye take it (back)) how can you take the dowry back as a lawful possession. (after one of you hath gone in unto the other) when you have come together under one cover as a result of this dowry and marriage, (and they have taken) He says: Allah has taken from you upon marrying women (a strong pledge from you?) a firm pledge that you either keep them in goodness or release them in kindness. Then Allah forbade them from marrying the wives of their fathers, since this is what they did in the pre-Islamic era.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
How shall you take it that is by what right when each of you has been privily with the other through sexual intercourse which validates the dowry and they have taken from you a solemn covenant a binding pledge and that is what God commanded namely that they should be retained honourably or set free virtuously.