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Surah An-Nisa Verse 24

Quran 4:24 · The Women · Medinan · Juz 5

4:24

Arabic

وَالْمُحْصَنٰتُ مِنَ النِّسَاۤءِ اِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ ۚ كِتٰبَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَاُحِلَّ لَكُمْ مَّا وَرَاۤءَ ذٰلِكُمْ اَنْ تَبْتَغُوْا بِاَمْوَالِكُمْ مُّحْصِنِيْنَ غَيْرَ مُسٰفِحِيْنَ ۗ فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهٖ مِنْهُنَّ فَاٰتُوْهُنَّ اُجُوْرَهُنَّ فَرِيْضَةً ۗوَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيْمَا تَرَاضَيْتُمْ بِهٖ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ الْفَرِيْضَةِۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلِيْمًا حَكِيْمًا ۝٢٤

Transliteration

Wal-muḥṣonātu minan-nisā-i illā mā malakat aimānukum, kitāballāhi ‘alaikum, wa uḥilla lakum mā warō-a żālikum an tabtaghū bi'amwālikum muḥṣinīna ghoiro musāfiḥīn, famastamta‘tum bihī minhunna fa ātūhunna ujūrohunna farīḍoh, wa lā junāḥa ‘alaikum fīmā tarōḍoitum bihī mim ba‘dil-farīḍoh, innallāha kāna ‘alīman ḥakīmā

Meaning

And all married women, except those you rightfully possess. This is Allah’s decree, binding upon you. Permitted for you are those that lie outside these limits, provided you seek them in legal marriage, with gifts from your property, seeking wedlock, not prostitution. If you wish to enjoy them, then give them their dowry—a legal obligation. You commit no error by agreeing to any change to the dowry. Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.

Surah An-Nisa verse 24 (Quran 4:24) is verse 24 of the 176 verses of Surah An-Nisa (The Women), a Medinan surah that is number 4 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 5.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).