Surah An-Nur, ayah 3
ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
An-Nur · 24:3
Word by word
- ٱلزَّانِىal-zānīThe fornicator
- لَاlā(will) not
- يَنكِحُyankiḥumarry
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- زَانِيَةًzāniyatana fornicatress
- أَوْawor
- مُشْرِكَةًۭmush'rikatana polytheist woman
- وَٱلزَّانِيَةُwal-zāniyatuand the fornicatress
- لَاlā(will) not
- يَنكِحُهَآyankiḥuhāmarry her
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- زَانٍzānina fornicator
- أَوْawor
- مُشْرِكٌۭ ۚmush'rikuna polytheist man
- وَحُرِّمَwaḥurrimaAnd is forbidden
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- عَلَىʿalāto
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
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