The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
Page #82
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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
As for those of you who cannot afford to marry faithful free women, then [let them marry] from what you own, from among your faithful slave-women. Your faith is best known [only] to Allah; you are all [on a] similar [footing]. So marry them with their masters’ permission, and give them their dowries in an honourable manner—[such of them] as are chaste women, not licentious ones or those who take paramours. But should they commit an indecent act on marrying, there shall be for them [only] half the punishment for free women. This is for those of you who fear falling into fornication; but it is better that you be continent, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess: And Allah hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
