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Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 3
ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿3﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The adulterer-fornicator marries not but an adulteress-fornicatress or a Mushrikah, and the adulteress-fornicatress none marries her except an adulterer-fornicator or a Muskrik [and that means that the man who agrees to marry (have a sexual relation with) a Mushrikah (female polytheist, pagan or idolatress) or a prostitute, then surely he is either an adulterer-fornicator, or a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or idolater). And the woman who agrees to marry (have a sexual relation with) a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or idolater) or an adulterer-fornicator, then she is either a prostitute or a Mushrikah (female polytheist, pagan, or idolatress)]. Such a thing is forbidden to the believers (of Islâmic Monotheism).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلزَّانِى
al-zānī
The fornicator
لَا
lā
(will) not
يَنكِحُ
yankiḥu
marry
إِلَّا
illā
except
زَانِيَةً
zāniyatan
a fornicatress
أَوْ
aw
or
مُشْرِكَةًۭ
mush'rikatan
a polytheist woman
وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ
wal-zāniyatu
and the fornicatress
لَا
lā
(will) not
يَنكِحُهَآ
yankiḥuhā
marry her
إِلَّا
illā
except
زَانٍ
zānin
a fornicator
أَوْ
aw
or
مُشْرِكٌۭ ۚ
mush'rikun
a polytheist man
وَحُرِّمَ
waḥurrima
And is forbidden
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
عَلَى
ʿalā
to
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
3-1. There is a difference of opinion among the commentators regarding its meaning.
