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Surah An-Nisa Verse 3

Quran 4:3 · The Women · Medinan · Juz 4

4:3

Arabic

وَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تُقْسِطُوْا فِى الْيَتٰمٰى فَانْكِحُوْا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ النِّسَاۤءِ مَثْنٰى وَثُلٰثَ وَرُبٰعَ ۚ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تَعْدِلُوْا فَوَاحِدَةً اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ ۗ ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَعُوْلُوْاۗ ۝٣

Transliteration

Wa in khiftum allā tuqsiṭū fil-yatāmā fankiḥū mā ṭōba lakum minan-nisā-i maṡnā wa ṡulāṡa wa rubā‘, fa in khiftum allā ta‘dilū fa wāḥidatan au mā malakat aimānukum, żālika adnā allā ta‘ūlū

Meaning

If you fear you cannot act fairly towards the orphans—then marry the women you like—two, or three, or four. But if you fear you will not be fair, then one, or what you already have. That makes it more likely that you avoid bias.

Surah An-Nisa verse 3 (Quran 4:3) is verse 3 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 4.

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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).