Surah An-Nur, ayah 33
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allāh enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allāh which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allāh is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.
Word by word
- وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِwalyastaʿfifiAnd let be chaste
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَجِدُونَyajidūnafind
- نِكَاحًاnikāḥan(means for) marriage
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُغْنِيَهُمُyugh'niyahumuAllah enriches them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah enriches them
- مِنminfrom
- فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihiHis Bounty
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe writing
- مِمَّاmimmāfrom (those) whom
- مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
- أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
- فَكَاتِبُوهُمْfakātibūhumthen give them (the) writing
- إِنْinif
- عَلِمْتُمْʿalim'tumyou know
- فِيهِمْfīhimin them
- خَيْرًۭا ۖkhayranany good
- وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumand give them
- مِّنminfrom
- مَّالِmālithe wealth of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahithe wealth of Allah
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
- ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚātākumHe has given you
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُكْرِهُوا۟tuk'rihūcompel
- فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْfatayātikumyour slave girls
- عَلَىʿalāto
- ٱلْبِغَآءِl-bighāi[the] prostitution
- إِنْinif
- أَرَدْنَaradnathey desire
- تَحَصُّنًۭاtaḥaṣṣunanchastity
- لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
- عَرَضَʿaraḍatemporary gain
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يُكْرِههُّنَّyuk'rihhunnacompels them
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّik'rāhihinnatheir compulsion
- غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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