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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nur, verse 33

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وليستعفف الذين لا يجدون نكاحا حتى يغنيهم الله من فضله والذين يبتغون الكتاب مما ملكت ايمانكم فكاتبوهم ان علمتم فيهم خيرا واتوهم من مال الله الذي اتاكم ولا تكرهوا فتياتكم على البغاء ان اردن تحصنا لتبتغوا عرض الحياة الدنيا ومن يكرههن فان الله من بعد اكراههن غفور رحيم

Let those who find not The wherewithal for marriage Keep themselves chaste, until God gives them means Out of His grace. And if any of your slaves Ask for a deed in writing (To enable them to earn Their freedom for a certain sum), Give them such a deed If ye know any good In them; yea, give them Something yourselves Out of the means which God has given to you. But force not your maids To prostitution when they desire Chastity, in order that ye May make a gain In the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, Yet, after such compulsion, Is God Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them).

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  • Verse 33 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Page 354

Word by word

  1. وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِAnd let be chastewalyastaʿfifi
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. لَا(do) notlā
  4. يَجِدُونَfindyajidūna
  5. نِكَاحًا(means for) marriagenikāḥan
  6. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  7. يُغْنِيَهُمُAllah enriches themyugh'niyahumu
  8. ٱللَّهُAllah enriches theml-lahu
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. فَضْلِهِۦ ۗHis Bountyfaḍlihi
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  12. يَبْتَغُونَseekyabtaghūna
  13. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَthe writingl-kitāba
  14. مِمَّاfrom (those) whommimmā
  15. مَلَكَتْpossessmalakat
  16. أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْyour right handsaymānukum
  17. فَكَاتِبُوهُمْthen give them (the) writingfakātibūhum
  18. إِنْifin
  19. عَلِمْتُمْyou knowʿalim'tum
  20. فِيهِمْin themfīhim
  21. خَيْرًۭا ۖany goodkhayran
  22. وَءَاتُوهُمand give themwaātūhum
  23. مِّنfrommin
  24. مَّالِthe wealth of Allahmāli
  25. ٱللَّهِthe wealth of Allahl-lahi
  26. ٱلَّذِىٓwhichalladhī
  27. ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚHe has given youātākum
  28. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  29. تُكْرِهُوا۟compeltuk'rihū
  30. فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْyour slave girlsfatayātikum
  31. عَلَىtoʿalā
  32. ٱلْبِغَآءِ[the] prostitutionl-bighāi
  33. إِنْifin
  34. أَرَدْنَthey desirearadna
  35. تَحَصُّنًۭاchastitytaḥaṣṣunan
  36. لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟that you may seeklitabtaghū
  37. عَرَضَtemporary gainʿaraḍa
  38. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ(of) the lifel-ḥayati
  39. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  40. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  41. يُكْرِههُّنَّcompels themyuk'rihhunna
  42. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  43. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  44. مِنۢaftermin
  45. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  46. إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّtheir compulsionik'rāhihinna
  47. غَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  48. رَّحِيمٌۭMost Mercifulraḥīmun

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