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)
Surah An-Nur, Ayah 33 (24:33)
ٱلنُّور
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.
- Juz 18
- Hizb 36
- Page 354
- Ruku 4
- Revealed Medina
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
Word by word
- وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِwalyastaʿfifiAnd let be chaste
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَجِدُونَyajidūnafind
- نِكَاحًاnikāḥan(means for) marriage
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُغْنِيَهُمُyugh'niyahumuAllah enriches them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah enriches them
- مِنminfrom
- فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihiHis Bounty
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe writing
- مِمَّاmimmāfrom (those) whom
- مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
- أَيْمَٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
- فَكَاتِبُوهُمْfakātibūhumthen give them (the) writing
- إِنْinif
- عَلِمْتُمْʿalim'tumyou know
- فِيهِمْfīhimin them
- خَيْرًا ۖkhayranany good
- وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumand give them
- مِّنminfrom
- مَّالِmālithe wealth of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahithe wealth of Allah
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
- ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚātākumHe has given you
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُكْرِهُوا۟tuk'rihūcompel
- فَتَيَٰتِكُمْfatayātikumyour slave girls
- عَلَىʿalāto
- ٱلْبِغَآءِl-bighāi[the] prostitution
- إِنْinif
- أَرَدْنَaradnathey desire
- تَحَصُّنًاtaḥaṣṣunanchastity
- لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
- عَرَضَʿaraḍatemporary gain
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يُكْرِههُّنَّyuk'rihhunnacompels them
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّik'rāhihinnatheir compulsion
- غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful
Tafsir (commentary) of 24:33
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