Women — Verse 25

4:25 · an-Nisa`

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمَن waman
And whoever Noun
لَّمْ lam
(is) not Prep
يَسْتَطِعْ yastaṭiʿ
able to V
مِنكُمْ minkum
among you Prep
طَوْلًا ṭawlan
afford Noun
أَن an
to Prep
يَنكِحَ yankiḥa
marry V
ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ l-muḥ'ṣanāti
the free chaste Noun
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ l-mu'mināti
[the] believing women Noun
فَمِن famin
then (marry) from Prep
مَّا mā
what Noun
مَلَكَتْ malakat
possess[ed] V
أَيْمَٰنُكُم aymānukum
your right hands Noun
مِّن min
of Prep
فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ fatayātikumu
your slave girls Noun
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ l-mu'mināti
(of) the believers Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu
knows best Noun
بِإِيمَٰنِكُم biīmānikum
about your faith Noun
بَعْضُكُم baʿḍukum
You Noun
مِّنۢ min
(are) from Prep
بَعْضٍ baʿḍin
(one) another Noun
فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ fa-inkiḥūhunna
So marry them V
بِإِذْنِ bi-idh'ni
with (the) permission Noun
أَهْلِهِنَّ ahlihinna
(of) their family Noun
وَءَاتُوهُنَّ waātūhunna
and give them V
أُجُورَهُنَّ ujūrahunna
their bridal due Noun
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bil-maʿrūfi
in a fair manner Noun
مُحْصَنَٰتٍ muḥ'ṣanātin
(They should be) chaste Noun
غَيْرَ ghayra
not Noun
مُسَٰفِحَٰتٍ musāfiḥātin
those who commit immorality Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
مُتَّخِذَٰتِ muttakhidhāti
those who take Noun
أَخْدَانٍ akhdānin
secret lovers Noun
فَإِذَآ fa-idhā
Then when Noun
أُحْصِنَّ uḥ'ṣinna
they are married V
فَإِنْ fa-in
and if Prep
أَتَيْنَ atayna
they commit V
بِفَٰحِشَةٍ bifāḥishatin
adultery Noun
فَعَلَيْهِنَّ faʿalayhinna
then for them Prep
نِصْفُ niṣ'fu
(is) half Noun
مَا mā
(of) what Noun
عَلَى ʿalā
(is) on Prep
ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ l-muḥ'ṣanāti
the free chaste women Noun
مِنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi
the punishment Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
لِمَنْ liman
(is) for whoever Noun
خَشِىَ khashiya
fears V
ٱلْعَنَتَ l-ʿanata
committing sin Noun
مِنكُمْ minkum
among you Prep
وَأَن wa-an
and that Prep
تَصْبِرُوا۟ taṣbirū
you be patient V
خَيْرٌ khayrun
(is) better Noun
لَّكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
غَفُورٌ ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving Noun
رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun
Most Merciful Noun

If any of you does not have the means to marry a believing free woman, then marry a believing slave- God knows best [the depth of] your faith: you are [all] part of the same family- so marry them with their people’s consent and their proper bride-gifts. [Make them] married women, not adulteresses or lovers. If they commit adultery when they are married, their punishment will be half that of free women. This is for those of you who fear that you will sin; it is better for you to practise selfrestraint. God is most forgiving and merciful

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمَن لَّمۡ یَسۡتَطِعۡ مِنكُمۡ طَوۡلًا أَن یَنكِحَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَـٰتِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ فَمِن مَّا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُكُم مِّن فَتَیَـٰتِكُمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِإِیمَـٰنِكُمۚ بَعۡضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضࣲۚ فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ بِإِذۡنِ أَهۡلِهِنَّ وَءَاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ مُحۡصَنَـٰتٍ غَیۡرَ مُسَـٰفِحَـٰتࣲ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَ ٰتِ أَخۡدَانࣲۚ فَإِذَاۤ أُحۡصِنَّ فَإِنۡ أَتَیۡنَ بِفَـٰحِشَةࣲ فَعَلَیۡهِنَّ نِصۡفُ مَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَـٰتِ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ لِمَنۡ خَشِیَ ٱلۡعَنَتَ مِنكُمۡۚ وَأَن تَصۡبِرُوا۟ خَیۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِیمࣱ ۝٢٥

waman lam yastaṭiʿ minkum ṭawlan an yankiḥa l-muḥ'ṣanāti l-mu'mināti famin mā malakat aymānukum min fatayātikumu l-mu'mināti wal-lahu aʿlamu biīmānikum baʿḍukum min baʿḍin fa-inkiḥūhunna bi-idh'ni ahlihinna waātūhunna ujūrahunna bil-maʿrūfi muḥ'ṣanātin ghayra musāfiḥātin walā muttakhidhāti akhdānin fa-idhā uḥ'ṣinna fa-in atayna bifāḥishatin faʿalayhinna niṣ'fu mā ʿalā l-muḥ'ṣanāti mina l-ʿadhābi dhālika liman khashiya l-ʿanata minkum wa-an taṣbirū khayrun lakum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmu

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