The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:24
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ
مِنَ
النِّسَاءِ
إِلَّا
مَا
مَلَكَتْ
أَيْمَانُكُمْ
كِتَابَ
اللَّهِ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَأُحِلَّ
لَكُم
مَّا
وَرَاءَ
ذَلِكُمْ
أَن
تَبْتَغُوا
بِأَمْوَالِكُم
مُّحْصِنِينَ
غَيْرَ
مُسَافِحِينَ
فَمَا
اسْتَمْتَعْتُم
بِهِ
مِنْهُنَّ
فَآتُوهُنَّ
أُجُورَهُنَّ
فَرِيضَةً
وَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
فِيمَا
تَرَاضَيْتُم
بِهِ
مِن
بَعْدِ
الْفَرِيضَةِ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَلِيمًا
حَكِيمًا
wa-l-muḥṣanātu mina n-nisāʾi ʾillā mā malakat ʾaymānukum kitāba llāhi ʿalaykum wa-ʾuḥilla lakum mā warāʾa dhālikum ʾan tabtaghū bi-ʾamwālikum muḥṣinīna ghayra musāfiḥīna fa-mā stamtaʿtum bihī minhunna fa-ʾātūhunna ʾujūrahunna farīḍatan wa-lā junāḥa ʿalaykum fī-mā tarāḍaytum bihī min baʿdi l-farīḍati ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman
You are forbidden to marry married women except your slave-girls. This is the decree of God. Besides these, it is lawful for you to marry other women if you pay their dower, maintain chastity and do not commit indecency. If you marry them for the appointed time you must pay their dowries. There is no harm if you reach an understanding among yourselves about the dowry, God is All-knowing and All-wise.
