سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 33
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿33﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allâh enriches them of His Bounty. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), give them such writing, if you find that there is good and honesty in them. And give them something (yourselves) out of the wealth of Allâh which He has bestowed upon you. And force not your maids to prostitution, if they desire chastity, in order that you may make a gain in the (perishable) goods of this worldly life. But if anyone compels them (to prostitution), then after such compulsion, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to those women, i.e. He will forgive them because they have been forced to do this evil act unwillingly).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ
walyastaʿfifi
And let be chaste
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَجِدُونَ
yajidūna
find
نِكَاحًا
nikāḥan
(means for) marriage
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يُغْنِيَهُمُ
yugh'niyahumu
Allah enriches them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah enriches them
مِن
min
from
فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ
faḍlihi
His Bounty
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
يَبْتَغُونَ
yabtaghūna
seek
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the writing
مِمَّا
mimmā
from (those) whom
مَلَكَتْ
malakat
possess
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ
aymānukum
your right hands
فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ
fakātibūhum
then give them (the) writing
إِنْ
in
if
عَلِمْتُمْ
ʿalim'tum
you know
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
in them
خَيْرًۭا ۖ
khayran
any good
وَءَاتُوهُم
waātūhum
and give them
مِّن
min
from
مَّالِ
māli
the wealth of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
the wealth of Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
which
ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ
ātākum
He has given you
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تُكْرِهُوا۟
tuk'rihū
compel
فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْ
fatayātikum
your slave girls
عَلَى
ʿalā
to
ٱلْبِغَآءِ
l-bighāi
[the] prostitution
إِنْ
in
if
أَرَدْنَ
aradna
they desire
تَحَصُّنًۭا
taḥaṣṣunan
chastity
لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟
litabtaghū
that you may seek
عَرَضَ
ʿaraḍa
temporary gain
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُكْرِههُّنَّ
yuk'rihhunna
compels them
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ
ik'rāhihinna
their compulsion
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
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.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
