وَمَن

لَّمۡ

يَسۡتَطِعۡ

مِنكُمۡ

طَوۡلًا

أَن

يَنكِحَ

ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ

فَمِن

مَّا

مَلَكَتۡ

أَيۡمَٰنُكُم

مِّن

فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

أَعۡلَمُ

بِإِيمَٰنِكُمۚ

بَعۡضُكُم

مِّنۢ

بَعۡضٖۚ

فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ

بِإِذۡنِ

أَهۡلِهِنَّ

وَءَاتُوهُنَّ

أُجُورَهُنَّ

بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ

مُحۡصَنَٰتٍ

غَيۡرَ

مُسَٰفِحَٰتٖ

وَلَا

مُتَّخِذَٰتِ

أَخۡدَانٖۚ

فَإِذَآ

أُحۡصِنَّ

فَإِنۡ

أَتَيۡنَ

بِفَٰحِشَةٖ

فَعَلَيۡهِنَّ

نِصۡفُ

مَا

عَلَى

ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ

مِنَ

ٱلۡعَذَابِۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

لِمَنۡ

خَشِيَ

ٱلۡعَنَتَ

مِنكُمۡۚ

وَأَن

تَصۡبِرُواْ

خَيۡرٞ

لَّكُمۡۗ

وَٱللَّهُ

غَفُورٞ

رَّحِيمٞ

٢٥

But if any of you cannot afford to marry a free believing woman, then ˹let him marry˺ a believing bondwoman possessed by one of you. Allah knows best ˹the state of˺ your faith ˹and theirs˺. You are from one another.¹ So marry them with the permission of their owners,² giving them their dowry in fairness, if they are chaste, neither promiscuous nor having secret affairs. If they commit indecency after marriage, they receive half the punishment of free women.³ This is for those of you who fear falling into sin. But if you are patient, it is better for you. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.