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An-Nisa · Ayah 25

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Translation

And whoever

Word Breakdown

وَمَن

And whoever

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

L4 Particles

مَنHarf · Conditional particle

whoever

Lemmaمَن

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Grammar Rules

Conditional (if/when)

وَمَن (And whoever) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".

We translate it as "if" or "when".

L16 Conditionals

Sahih International

And whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allāh is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation [i.e., mahr] according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears affliction [i.e., sin], but to be patient is better for you. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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