Women — Verse 3

4:3 · an-Nisa`

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Women 4:3

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِنْ wa-in
And if Prep
خِفْتُمْ khif'tum
you fear V
أَلَّا allā
that not Prep
تُقْسِطُوا۟ tuq'siṭū
you will be able to do justice V
فِى fī
with Prep
ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ l-yatāmā
the orphans Noun
فَٱنكِحُوا۟ fa-inkiḥū
then marry V
مَا mā
what Noun
طَابَ ṭāba
seems suitable V
لَكُم lakum
to you Noun
مِّنَ mina
from Prep
ٱلنِّسَآءِ l-nisāi
the women Noun
مَثْنَىٰ mathnā
two Noun
وَثُلَٰثَ wathulātha
or three Noun
وَرُبَٰعَ warubāʿa
or four Noun
فَإِنْ fa-in
But if Prep
خِفْتُمْ khif'tum
you fear V
أَلَّا allā
that not Prep
تَعْدِلُوا۟ taʿdilū
you can do justice V
فَوَٰحِدَةً fawāḥidatan
then (marry) one Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
مَا mā
what Noun
مَلَكَتْ malakat
possesses V
أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ aymānukum
your right hand Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
أَدْنَىٰٓ adnā
(is) more appropriate Noun
أَلَّا allā
that (may) not Prep
تَعُولُوا۟ taʿūlū
you oppress V

If you fear that you will not deal fairly with orphan girls, you may marry whichever [other] women seem good to you, two, three, or four. If you fear that you cannot be equitable [to them], then marry only one, or your slave(s): that is more likely to make you avoid bias

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا تُقۡسِطُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡیَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَاۤءِ مَثۡنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَۖ فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا تَعۡدِلُوا۟ فَوَ ٰحِدَةً أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُكُمۡۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰۤ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟ ۝٣

wa-in khif'tum allā tuq'siṭū fī l-yatāmā fa-inkiḥū mā ṭāba lakum mina l-nisāi mathnā wathulātha warubāʿa fa-in khif'tum allā taʿdilū fawāḥidatan aw mā malakat aymānukum dhālika adnā allā taʿūl

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