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An-Nur (The Light) · 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 33

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.

وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِwalyastaʿfifiAnd let be chaste
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
noun
لَا(do) not
يَجِدُونَyajidūnafind
نِكَاحًاnikāḥan(means for) marriage
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُغْنِيَهُمُyugh'niyahumuAllah enriches them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah enriches them
مِنminfrom
فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihiHis Bounty
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
noun
يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe writing
مِمَّاmimmāfrom (those) whom
noun
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
فَكَاتِبُوهُمْfakātibūhumthen give them (the) writing
إِنْinif
عَلِمْتُمْʿalim'tumyou know
فِيهِمْfīhimin them
noun
خَيْرًۭا ۖkhayranany good
وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumand give them
مِّنminfrom
مَّالِmālithe wealth of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahithe wealth of Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
noun
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
دنوd-n-wadjective
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
noun
يُكْرِههُّنَّyuk'rihhunnacompels them
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّik'rāhihinnatheir compulsion
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
غفرgh-f-radjective
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
رحمr-h-madjective
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