Quran 4:24 — An-Nisaa, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
women already married, other than your slaves.God has ordained all this for you. Other women are lawful to you, so long as you seek them in marriage, with gifts from your property, looking for wedlock rather than fornication. If you wish to enjoy women through marriage, give them their bride-gift- this is obligatory- though if you should choose mutually, after fulfilling this obligation, to do otherwise [with the bride-gift], you will not be blamed: God is all knowing and all wise.
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ۖ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُمْ مَا وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَنْ تَبْتَغُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ ۚ فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا تَرَاضَيْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
wal-muḥ'ṣanātu mina l-nisāi illā mā malakat aymānukum kitāba l-lahi ʿalaykum wa-uḥilla lakum mā warāa dhālikum an tabtaghū bi-amwālikum muḥ'ṣinīna ghayra musāfiḥīna famā is'tamtaʿtum bihi min'hunna faātūhunna ujūrahunna farīḍatan walā junāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā tarāḍaytum bihi min baʿdi l-farīḍati inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and wedded women, save what your right hands own. So God prescribes for you. Lawful for you, beyond all that, is that you may seek, using your wealth, in wedlock and not in licence. Such wives as you enjoy thereby, give them their wages apportionate; it is no fault in you in your agreeing together, after the due apportionate. God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [forbidden to you are] all married women other than those whom you rightfully possess [through wedlock]: this is God's ordinance, binding upon you. But lawful to you are all [women] beyond these, for you to seek out, offering them of your possessions, taking them in honest wedlock, and not in fornication. And unto those with whom you desire to enjoy marriage, you shall give the dowers due to them; but you will incur no sin if, after [having agreed upon] this lawful due, you freely agree with one another upon anything [else]: behold, God is indeed all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess. [This is] the decree of Allāh upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātu | And (prohibited are) the ones who are married | حصن |
| 2 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 3 | ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi | the women | نسو |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | مَاmā | whom | — |
| 6 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | you possess | ملك |
| 7 | أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۖaymānukum | rightfully | يمن |
| 8 | كِتَـٰبَkitāba | Decree | كتب |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | عَلَيْكُمْ ۚʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 11 | وَأُحِلَّwa-uḥilla | And are lawful | حلل |
| 12 | لَكُمlakum | to you | — |
| 13 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 14 | وَرَآءَwarāa | (is) beyond | وري |
| 15 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that | — |
| 16 | أَنan | that | — |
| 17 | تَبْتَغُوا۟tabtaghū | you seek | بغي |
| 18 | بِأَمْوَٰلِكُمbi-amwālikum | with your wealth | مول |
| 19 | مُّحْصِنِينَmuḥ'ṣinīna | desiring to be chaste | حصن |
| 20 | غَيْرَghayra | not | غير |
| 21 | مُسَـٰفِحِينَ ۚmusāfiḥīna | (to be) lustful | سفح |
| 22 | فَمَاfamā | So what | — |
| 23 | ٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمis'tamtaʿtum | you benefit[ed] | متع |
| 24 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 25 | مِنْهُنَّmin'hunna | from them | — |
| 26 | فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّfaātūhunna | so you give them | أتي |
| 27 | أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunna | their bridal due | أجر |
| 28 | فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚfarīḍatan | (as) an obligation | فرض |
| 29 | وَلَاwalā | And (there is) no | — |
| 30 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | sin | جنح |
| 31 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | on you | — |
| 32 | فِيمَاfīmā | concerning what | — |
| 33 | تَرَٰضَيْتُمtarāḍaytum | you mutually agree | رضو |
| 34 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 35 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 36 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | beyond | بعد |
| 37 | ٱلْفَرِيضَةِ ۚl-farīḍati | the obligation | فرض |
| 38 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 39 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 40 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 41 | عَلِيمًاʿalīman | All-Knowing | علم |
| 42 | حَكِيمًۭاḥakīman | All-Wise | حكم |