The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء

Al Nisā’ (The Women)

ٱلنِّسَاء

4:3
4:3

wa-ʾin khiftum ʾallā tuqsiṭū l-yatāmā fa-nkiḥū ṭāba lakum mina n-nisāʾi mathnā wa-thulātha wa-rubāʿa fa-ʾin khiftum ʾallā taʿdilū fa-wāḥidatan ʾaw malakat ʾaymānukum dhālika ʾadnā ʾallā taʿūlū

If you fear that you may not deal justly with the orphans, then marry [other] women that you like, two, three, or four. But if you fear that you may not treat them fairly, then [marry only] one, or [marry from among] your slave-women. That makes it likelier that you will not be unfair.

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