The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:25
وَمَن
لَّمْ
يَسْتَطِعْ
مِنكُمْ
طَوْلًا
أَن
يَنكِحَ
الْمُحْصَنَاتِ
الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
فَمِن
مَّا
مَلَكَتْ
أَيْمَانُكُم
مِّن
فَتَيَاتِكُمُ
الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
وَاللَّهُ
أَعْلَمُ
بِإِيمَانِكُم
بَعْضُكُم
مِّن
بَعْضٍ
فَانكِحُوهُنَّ
بِإِذْنِ
أَهْلِهِنَّ
وَآتُوهُنَّ
أُجُورَهُنَّ
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
مُحْصَنَاتٍ
غَيْرَ
مُسَافِحَاتٍ
وَلَا
مُتَّخِذَاتِ
أَخْدَانٍ
فَإِذَا
أُحْصِنَّ
فَإِنْ
أَتَيْنَ
بِفَاحِشَةٍ
فَعَلَيْهِنَّ
نِصْفُ
مَا
عَلَى
الْمُحْصَنَاتِ
مِنَ
الْعَذَابِ
ذَلِكَ
لِمَنْ
خَشِيَ
الْعَنَتَ
مِنكُمْ
وَأَن
تَصْبِرُوا
خَيْرٌ
لَّكُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
غَفُورٌ
رَّحِيمٌ
wa-man lam yastaṭiʿ minkum ṭawlan ʾan yankiḥa l-muḥṣanāti l-muʾmināti fa-min mā malakat ʾaymānukum min fatayātikumu l-muʾmināti wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-ʾīmānikum baʿḍukum min baʿḍin fa-nkiḥūhunna bi-ʾidhni ʾahlihinna wa-ʾātūhunna ʾujūrahunna bi-l-maʿrūfi muḥṣanātin ghayra musāfiḥātin wa-lā muttakhidhāti ʾakhdānin fa-ʾidhā ʾuḥṣinna fa-ʾin ʾatayna bi-fāḥishatin fa-ʿalayhinna niṣfu mā ʿalā l-muḥṣanāti mina l-ʿadhābi dhālika li-man khashiya l-ʿanata minkum wa-ʾan taṣbirū khayrun lakum wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun
If any of you do not have the means to marry a chaste believing woman, marry your believing slave-girls. God knows best about your faith. You have the same faith. Marry them with the permission of their masters and if they are chaste and have avoided fornication and amorous activities, give them their just dowries. If after marriage they commit adultery, they should receive half of the punishment of a free woman who has committed the same crime. This is for those who fear falling into evil. It is better for you to have self-control. God is All-forgiving and All-merciful.
