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An-Nisa 4:24

۞وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۖ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُم مَّا وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكُمۡ أَن تَبۡتَغُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُم مُّحۡصِنِينَ غَيۡرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَۚ فَمَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم بِهِۦ مِنۡهُنَّ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةٗۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِيمَا تَرَٰضَيۡتُم بِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلۡفَرِيضَةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا

Also ˹forbidden are˺ married women—except ˹female˺ captives in your possession. This is Allah’s commandment to you. Lawful to you are all beyond these—as long as you seek them with your wealth in a legal marriage, not in fornication. Give those you have consummated marriage with their due dowries. It is permissible to be mutually gracious regarding the set dowry. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

Word by word

۞وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ
wal-muḥ'ṣanātu
And (prohibited are) the ones who are married
Vocabulary
Root: حصن
مِنَ
mina
of
Vocabulary
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
the women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
whom
Vocabulary
مَلَكَتۡ
malakat
you possess
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۖ
aymānukum
rightfully
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
كِتَٰبَ
kitāba
Decree
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ
ʿalaykum
upon you
Vocabulary
وَأُحِلَّ
wa-uḥilla
And are lawful
Vocabulary
Root: حلل
لَكُم
lakum
to you
Vocabulary
مَّا
mā
what
Vocabulary
وَرَآءَ
warāa
(is) beyond
Vocabulary
Root: وري
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
dhālikum
that
Vocabulary
أَن
an
that
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تَبۡتَغُواْ
tabtaghū
you seek
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُم
bi-amwālikum
with your wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
مُّحۡصِنِينَ
muḥ'ṣinīna
desiring to be chaste
Vocabulary
Root: حصن
غَيۡرَ
ghayra
not
Vocabulary
Root: غير
مُسَٰفِحِينَۚ
musāfiḥīna
(to be) lustful
Vocabulary
Root: سفح
فَمَا
famā
So what
Vocabulary
ٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم
is'tamtaʿtum
you benefit[ed]
Vocabulary
Root: متع
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
Vocabulary
مِنۡهُنَّ
min'hunna
from them
Vocabulary
فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ
faātūhunna
so you give them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
أُجُورَهُنَّ
ujūrahunna
their bridal due
Vocabulary
Root: اجر
فَرِيضَةٗۚ
farīḍatan
(as) an obligation
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
وَلَا
walā
And (there is) no
Vocabulary
جُنَاحَ
junāḥa
sin
Vocabulary
Root: جنح
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
ʿalaykum
on you
Vocabulary
فِيمَا
fīmā
concerning what
Vocabulary
تَرَٰضَيۡتُم
tarāḍaytum
you mutually agree
Vocabulary
Root: رضو
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
Vocabulary
مِنۢ
min
from
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بَعۡدِ
baʿdi
beyond
Vocabulary
Root: بعد
ٱلۡفَرِيضَةِۚ
l-farīḍati
the obligation
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
عَلِيمًا
ʿalīman
All-Knowing
Vocabulary
Root: علم
حَكِيمٗا
ḥakīman
All-Wise
Vocabulary
Root: حكم

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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.