Sura 24 An-Nur (The Light), ayah 33

  1. وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ الْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَآتُوهُمْ مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي آتَاكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَنْ يُكْرِهْهُنَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِكْرَاهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

    Translation by words

    وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ
    And let be chaste
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    those who
    لَا
    (do) not
    يَجِدُونَ
    find
    نِكَاحًا
    (means for) marriage
    حَتَّىٰ
    until
    يُغْنِيَهُمُ
    Allah enriches them
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah enriches them
    مِن
    from
    فَضْلِهِۦ
    His Bounty.
    وَٱلَّذِينَ
    And those who
    يَبْتَغُونَ
    seek
    ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
    the writing
    مِمَّا
    from (those) whom
    مَلَكَتْ
    possess
    أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
    your right hands,
    فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ
    then give them (the) writing
    إِنْ
    if
    عَلِمْتُمْ
    you know
    فِيهِمْ
    in them
    خَيْرًا
    any good
    وَءَاتُوهُم
    and give them
    مِّن
    from
    مَّالِ
    the wealth of Allah
    ٱللَّهِ
    the wealth of Allah
    ٱلَّذِىٓ
    which
    ءَاتَىٰكُمْ
    He has given you.
    وَلَا
    And (do) not
    تُكْرِهُوا۟
    compel
    فَتَيَٰتِكُمْ
    your slave girls
    عَلَى
    to
    ٱلْبِغَآءِ
    [the] prostitution,
    إِنْ
    if
    أَرَدْنَ
    they desire
    تَحَصُّنًا
    chastity
    لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟
    that you may seek
    عَرَضَ
    temporary gain
    ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
    (of) the life
    ٱلدُّنْيَا
    (of) the world.
    وَمَن
    And whoever
    يُكْرِههُّنَّ
    compels them,
    فَإِنَّ
    then indeed,
    ٱللَّهَ
    Allah
    مِنۢ
    after
    بَعْدِ
    after
    إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ
    their compulsion
    غَفُورٌ
    (is) Oft-Forgiving,
    رَّحِيمٌ
    Most Merciful.

    But let them who find not (the means for) marriage abstain (from sexual relations) until Allah 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 Allah 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, Allah is (to them), after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.

    24:33

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 24 An-Nur (The Light)