Word Analysis — Women 4:25
an-Nisa` · Verse 25 of 176
Abdel Haleem Word Analysis
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 | Root / Link | Morphology |
|---|---|---|---|
| And whoever |
وَمَن
(waman)
|
م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| (is) not |
لَّمْ
(lam)
|
ل م |
Prep.
Prep
|
| able to |
يَسْتَطِعْ
(yastaṭiʿ)
|
ط و ع |
Verb
V
|
| among you |
مِنكُمْ
(minkum)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| afford |
طَوْلًا
(ṭawlan)
|
ط و ل |
Noun
Noun
|
| to |
أَن
(an)
|
أ ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| marry |
يَنكِحَ
(yankiḥa)
|
ن ك ح |
Verb
V
|
| the free chaste |
ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ
(l-muḥ'ṣanāti)
|
ح ص ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| [the] believing women |
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ
(l-mu'mināti)
|
أ م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| then (marry) from |
فَمِن
(famin)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| what |
مَّا
(mā)
|
م ا |
Noun
Noun
|
| possess[ed] |
مَلَكَتْ
(malakat)
|
م ل ك |
Verb
V
|
| your right hands |
أَيْمَٰنُكُم
(aymānukum)
|
ي م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| of |
مِّن
(min)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| your slave girls |
فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ
(fatayātikumu)
|
ف ت ي |
Noun
Noun
|
| (of) the believers |
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ
(l-mu'mināti)
|
أ م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| And Allah |
وَٱللَّهُ
(wal-lahu)
|
أ ل ه |
Noun
Noun
|
| knows best |
أَعْلَمُ
(aʿlamu)
|
ع ل م |
Noun
Noun
|
| about your faith |
بِإِيمَٰنِكُم
(biīmānikum)
|
أ م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| You |
بَعْضُكُم
(baʿḍukum)
|
ب ع ض |
Noun
Noun
|
| (are) from |
مِّنۢ
(min)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| (one) another |
بَعْضٍ
(baʿḍin)
|
ب ع ض |
Noun
Noun
|
| So marry them |
فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ
(fa-inkiḥūhunna)
|
ن ك ح |
Verb
V
|
| with (the) permission |
بِإِذْنِ
(bi-idh'ni)
|
أ ذ ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| (of) their family |
أَهْلِهِنَّ
(ahlihinna)
|
أ ه ل |
Noun
Noun
|
| and give them |
وَءَاتُوهُنَّ
(waātūhunna)
|
أ ت ي |
Verb
V
|
| their bridal due |
أُجُورَهُنَّ
(ujūrahunna)
|
أ ج ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| in a fair manner |
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
(bil-maʿrūfi)
|
ع ر ف |
Noun
Noun
|
| (They should be) chaste |
مُحْصَنَٰتٍ
(muḥ'ṣanātin)
|
ح ص ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| not |
غَيْرَ
(ghayra)
|
غ ي ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| those who commit immorality |
مُسَٰفِحَٰتٍ
(musāfiḥātin)
|
س ف ح |
Noun
Noun
|
| and not |
وَلَا
(walā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| those who take |
مُتَّخِذَٰتِ
(muttakhidhāti)
|
أ خ ذ |
Noun
Noun
|
| secret lovers |
أَخْدَانٍ
(akhdānin)
|
خ د ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| Then when |
فَإِذَآ
(fa-idhā)
|
إ ذ ا |
Noun
Noun
|
| they are married |
أُحْصِنَّ
(uḥ'ṣinna)
|
ح ص ن |
Verb
V
|
| and if |
فَإِنْ
(fa-in)
|
ا ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| they commit |
أَتَيْنَ
(atayna)
|
أ ت ي |
Verb
V
|
| adultery |
بِفَٰحِشَةٍ
(bifāḥishatin)
|
ف ح ش |
Noun
Noun
|
| then for them |
فَعَلَيْهِنَّ
(faʿalayhinna)
|
ع ل ي |
Prep.
Prep
|
| (is) half |
نِصْفُ
(niṣ'fu)
|
ن ص ف |
Noun
Noun
|
| (of) what |
مَا
(mā)
|
م ا |
Noun
Noun
|
| (is) on |
عَلَى
(ʿalā)
|
ع ل ي |
Prep.
Prep
|
| the free chaste women |
ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ
(l-muḥ'ṣanāti)
|
ح ص ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| of |
مِنَ
(mina)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| the punishment |
ٱلْعَذَابِ
(l-ʿadhābi)
|
ع ذ ب |
Noun
Noun
|
| That |
ذَٰلِكَ
(dhālika)
|
ذ ل ك |
Noun
Noun
|
| (is) for whoever |
لِمَنْ
(liman)
|
م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| fears |
خَشِىَ
(khashiya)
|
خ ش ي |
Verb
V
|
| committing sin |
ٱلْعَنَتَ
(l-ʿanata)
|
ع ن ت |
Noun
Noun
|
| among you |
مِنكُمْ
(minkum)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| and that |
وَأَن
(wa-an)
|
أ ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| you be patient |
تَصْبِرُوا۟
(taṣbirū)
|
ص ب ر |
Verb
V
|
| (is) better |
خَيْرٌ
(khayrun)
|
خ ي ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| for you |
لَّكُمْ
(lakum)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| And Allah |
وَٱللَّهُ
(wal-lahu)
|
أ ل ه |
Noun
Noun
|
| (is) Oft-Forgiving |
غَفُورٌ
(ghafūrun)
|
غ ف ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| Most Merciful |
رَّحِيمٌ
(raḥīmun)
|
ر ح م |
Noun
Noun
|