Sura 24 An-Nur (The Light), ayah 3
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الزَّانِي لَا يَنْكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Translation by words
- ٱلزَّانِى
- The fornicator
- لَا
- (will) not
- يَنكِحُ
- marry
- إِلَّا
- except
- زَانِيَةً
- a fornicatress,
- أَوْ
- or
- مُشْرِكَةً
- a polytheist woman,
- وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ
- and the fornicatress -
- لَا
- (will) not
- يَنكِحُهَآ
- marry her
- إِلَّا
- except
- زَانٍ
- a fornicator
- أَوْ
- or
- مُشْرِكٌ
- a polytheist man.
- وَحُرِّمَ
- And is forbidden
- ذَٰلِكَ
- that
- عَلَى
- to
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
- the believers.
The fornicator does not marry except a (female) fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers.
24:3
Translation: Saheeh International