Surah An-Nur, Ayah 33 (24:33)

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وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ …

Quran 24:33 is ayah 33 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 354 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:33
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِٱلَّذِينَلَايَجِدُونَنِكَاحًاحَتَّىٰيُغْنِيَهُمُٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦ ۗوَٱلَّذِينَيَبْتَغُونَٱلْكِتَٰبَمِمَّامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُمْفَكَاتِبُوهُمْإِنْعَلِمْتُمْفِيهِمْخَيْرًا ۖوَءَاتُوهُممِّنمَّالِٱللَّهِٱلَّذِىٓءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚوَلَاتُكْرِهُوا۟فَتَيَٰتِكُمْعَلَىٱلْبِغَآءِإِنْأَرَدْنَتَحَصُّنًالِّتَبْتَغُوا۟عَرَضَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۚوَمَنيُكْرِههُّنَّفَإِنَّٱللَّهَمِنۢبَعْدِإِكْرَٰهِهِنَّغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٣٣
walyastaʿfifi alladhīna lā yajidūna nikāḥan ḥattā yugh'niyahumu l-lahu min faḍlihi wa-alladhīna yabtaghūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat aymānukum fakātibūhum in ʿalim'tum fīhim khayran waātūhum min māli l-lahi alladhī ātākum walā tuk'rihū fatayātikum ʿalā l-bighāi in aradna taḥaṣṣunan litabtaghū ʿaraḍa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā waman yuk'rihhunna fa-inna l-laha min baʿdi ik'rāhihinna ghafūrun raḥīmun

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.(33)

Word by word

  1. وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِwalyastaʿfifiAnd let be chaste
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. لَاlā(do) not
  4. يَجِدُونَyajidūnafind
  5. نِكَاحًاnikāḥan(means for) marriage
  6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  7. يُغْنِيَهُمُyugh'niyahumuAllah enriches them
  8. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah enriches them
  9. مِنminfrom
  10. فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihiHis Bounty
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  12. يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
  13. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe writing
  14. مِمَّاmimmāfrom (those) whom
  15. مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
  16. أَيْمَٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
  17. فَكَاتِبُوهُمْfakātibūhumthen give them (the) writing
  18. إِنْinif
  19. عَلِمْتُمْʿalim'tumyou know
  20. فِيهِمْfīhimin them
  21. خَيْرًا ۖkhayranany good
  22. وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumand give them
  23. مِّنminfrom
  24. مَّالِmālithe wealth of Allah
  25. ٱللَّهِl-lahithe wealth of Allah
  26. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
  27. ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚātākumHe has given you
  28. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  29. تُكْرِهُوا۟tuk'rihūcompel
  30. فَتَيَٰتِكُمْfatayātikumyour slave girls
  31. عَلَىʿalāto
  32. ٱلْبِغَآءِl-bighāi[the] prostitution
  33. إِنْinif
  34. أَرَدْنَaradnathey desire
  35. تَحَصُّنًاtaḥaṣṣunanchastity
  36. لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
  37. عَرَضَʿaraḍatemporary gain
  38. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
  39. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
  40. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  41. يُكْرِههُّنَّyuk'rihhunnacompels them
  42. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  43. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  44. مِنۢminafter
  45. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  46. إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّik'rāhihinnatheir compulsion
  47. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  48. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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