Al-Baqarah 2:221
وَلَا تَنكِحُواْ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكَٰتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤۡمِنَّۚ وَلَأَمَةٞ مُّؤۡمِنَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّن مُّشۡرِكَةٖ وَلَوۡ أَعۡجَبَتۡكُمۡۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُواْ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤۡمِنُواْۚ وَلَعَبۡدٞ مُّؤۡمِنٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّن مُّشۡرِكٖ وَلَوۡ أَعۡجَبَكُمۡۗ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ يَدۡعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَدۡعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Do not marry polytheistic women until they believe; for a believing slave-woman is better than a free polytheist, even though she may look pleasant to you. And do not marry your women to polytheistic men until they believe, for a believing slave-man is better than a free polytheist, even though he may look pleasant to you. They invite ˹you˺ to the Fire while Allah invites ˹you˺ to Paradise and forgiveness by His grace. He makes His revelations clear to the people so perhaps they will be mindful.
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ٱلۡمُشۡرِكَٰتِ
l-mush'rikāti
[the] polytheistic women
Vocabularyمُّشۡرِكَةٖ
mush'rikatin
a polytheistic woman
Vocabularyأَعۡجَبَتۡكُمۡۗ
aʿjabatkum
she pleases you
Vocabularyتُنكِحُواْ
tunkiḥū
give in marriage (your women)
Vocabularyٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
(to) [the] polytheistic men
Vocabularyوَٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
wal-maghfirati
and [the] forgiveness
Vocabularyبِإِذۡنِهِۦۖ
bi-idh'nihi
by His permission
Vocabularyوَيُبَيِّنُ
wayubayyinu
And He makes clear
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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.