Surah An-Nur Ayah 33

An-Nur · Ayah 33 · Juz 18 · Page 354

وَلۡيَسۡتَعۡفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغۡنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡتَغُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡ فَكَاتِبُوهُمۡ إِنۡ عَلِمۡتُمۡ فِيهِمۡ خَيۡرٗاۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۚ وَلَا تُكۡرِهُواْ فَتَيَٰتِكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡبِغَآءِ إِنۡ أَرَدۡنَ تَحَصُّنٗا لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ عَرَضَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَمَن يُكۡرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِكۡرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣٣

Walyastaʿfifil-ladhīna lā yajidūna nikāḥan ḥattā yughniyahumullāhu min faḍlih, wal-ladhīna yabtaghūnal-kitāba mimmā malakat aymānukum fakātibūhum in ʿalimtum fīhim khayrā, wa ātūhum mim mālillāhil-ladhī ātākum, wa lā tukrihū fatayātikum ʿalal-bighāʾi in aradna taḥaṣṣunal litabtaghū ʿaraḍal-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa may yukrihhunna fa innallāha mim baʿdi ikrāhihinna ghafūrur raḥīm.

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 possess1 - 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.

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. i.e., those slaves who desire to purchase their freedom from their owners for a price agreed upon by both.

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  • وَلۡيَسۡتَعۡفِفِAnd let be chaste
  • ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  • لَا(do) not
  • يَجِدُونَfind
  • نِكَاحًا(means for) marriage
  • حَتَّىٰuntil
  • يُغۡنِيَهُمُAllah enriches them
  • ٱللَّهُAllah enriches them
  • مِنfrom
  • فَضۡلِهِۦۗHis Bounty
  • وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those who
  • يَبۡتَغُونَseek
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe writing
  • مِمَّاfrom (those) whom
  • مَلَكَتۡpossess
  • أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡyour right hands
  • فَكَاتِبُوهُمۡthen give them (the) writing
  • إِنۡif
  • عَلِمۡتُمۡyou know
  • فِيهِمۡin them
  • خَيۡرٗاۖany good
  • وَءَاتُوهُمand give them
  • مِّنfrom
  • مَّالِthe wealth of Allah
  • ٱللَّهِthe wealth of Allah
  • ٱلَّذِيٓwhich
  • ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۚHe has given you
  • وَلَاAnd (do) not
  • تُكۡرِهُواْcompel
  • فَتَيَٰتِكُمۡyour slave girls
  • عَلَىto
  • ٱلۡبِغَآءِ[the] prostitution
  • إِنۡif
  • أَرَدۡنَthey desire
  • تَحَصُّنٗاchastity
  • لِّتَبۡتَغُواْthat you may seek
  • عَرَضَtemporary gain
  • ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ(of) the life
  • ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ(of) the world
  • وَمَنAnd whoever
  • يُكۡرِههُّنَّcompels them
  • فَإِنَّthen indeed
  • ٱللَّهَAllah
  • مِنۢafter
  • بَعۡدِafter
  • إِكۡرَٰهِهِنَّtheir compulsion
  • غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgiving
  • رَّحِيمٞMost Merciful

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Juz
18
Page
354
Hizb
36