# Nun-Kef-Ha — نكح (nkH)

> Occurs in 23 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/nkH

- **Meaning:** to tie, make a knot, contract, to marry, marriage
- **Derived forms:** تُنكِحُ (3) · نِكَاح (5) · نَكَحَ (14) · يَسْتَنكِحَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 221

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحُوا۟ — tankiḥū · "[you] marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنَّۜ وَلَاَمَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْۚ وَلَا تُنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنُواۜ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَكُمْۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ اِلَى النَّارِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَدْعُٓوا اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ وَيُبَيِّنُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ۟

Wala tankihoo almushrikatihatta yu/minna walaamatun mu/minatun khayrun minmushrikatin walaw aAAjabatkum wala tunkihooalmushrikeena hatta yu/minoo walaAAabdun mu/minunkhayrun min mushrikin walaw aAAjabakum ola-ika yadAAoonaila annari wallahu yadAAooila aljannati walmaghfirati bi-ithnihiwayubayyinu ayatihi linnasilaAAallahum yatathakkaroon

And marry not idolatresses until they believe. And a believing slave girl is better than an idolatress, though she impress you. And give not in marriage to idolaters until they believe. And a believing slave is better than an idolater, though he impress you. Those invite to the Fire; and God invites to the Garden and forgiveness, by His leave. And He makes plain His proofs to men, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-221.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 221

- **Form in this verse:** تُنكِحُوا۟ — tunkiḥū · "give in marriage (your women)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنَّۜ وَلَاَمَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْۚ وَلَا تُنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنُواۜ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَكُمْۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ اِلَى النَّارِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَدْعُٓوا اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ وَيُبَيِّنُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ۟

Wala tankihoo almushrikatihatta yu/minna walaamatun mu/minatun khayrun minmushrikatin walaw aAAjabatkum wala tunkihooalmushrikeena hatta yu/minoo walaAAabdun mu/minunkhayrun min mushrikin walaw aAAjabakum ola-ika yadAAoonaila annari wallahu yadAAooila aljannati walmaghfirati bi-ithnihiwayubayyinu ayatihi linnasilaAAallahum yatathakkaroon

And marry not idolatresses until they believe. And a believing slave girl is better than an idolatress, though she impress you. And give not in marriage to idolaters until they believe. And a believing slave is better than an idolater, though he impress you. Those invite to the Fire; and God invites to the Garden and forgiveness, by His leave. And He makes plain His proofs to men, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-221.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 230

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحَ — tankiḥa · "she marries"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتّٰى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُۜ  فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَٓا اَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَٓا اِنْ ظَـنَّٓا اَنْ يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-in tallaqaha falatahillu lahu min baAAdu hatta tankihazawjan ghayrahu fa-in tallaqaha fala junahaAAalayhima an yatarajaAAa in thannaan yuqeema hudooda Allahi watilka hudooduAllahi yubayyinuha liqawmin yaAAlamoon

And if he has divorced her, she is not lawful to him thereafter until she marries a spouse other than him. Then if he divorces her, they do no wrong to return to each other, if they think that they can uphold the limits of God. And those are the limits of God; He makes them plain for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-230.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 232

- **Form in this verse:** يَنكِحْنَ — yankiḥ'na · "(from) marrying"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ اَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ اَزْوَاجَهُنَّ اِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ ذٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِه۪ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَزْكٰى لَكُمْ وَاَطْهَرُۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha tallaqtumu annisaafabalaghna ajalahunna fala taAAduloohunna an yankihnaazwajahunna itha taradaw baynahum bilmaAAroofithalika yooAAathu bihi man kanaminkum yu/minu billahi walyawmi al-akhirithalikum azka lakum waatharu wallahuyaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoon

And when you divorce women, and they have reached their term, then constrain them not from marrying their spouses when they have come to terms according to what is fitting. By that is admonished whoso among you believes in God and the Last Day; that is purer and cleaner for you; and God knows, and you know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-232.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 235

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنِّكَاحِ — l-nikāḥi · "(of) marriage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَٓاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِراًّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۜ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ اَجَلَهُۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُۚ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Wala junaha AAalaykum feemaAAarradtum bihi min khitbati annisa-iaw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunnawalakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illaan taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata annikahihatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waAAlamooanna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum fahtharoohuwaAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleem

And you do no wrong in what you intimate to women of proposal, or hide within yourselves; God knows that you will remember them. But make not nor take an oath with them secretly save that you speak a fitting word. And do not decide upon the knot of marriage until the writ reaches its term. And know that God knows what is within your souls, so fear Him. And know that God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-235.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 237

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚ — l-nikāḥi · "(of) the marriage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَعْفُونَ اَوْ يَعْفُوَا الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِه۪ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِۜ وَاَنْ تَعْفُٓوا اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰىۜ وَلَا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wa-in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli antamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatanfanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoonaaw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu annikahiwaan taAAfoo aqrabu littaqwa wala tansawooalfadla baynakum inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already appointed for them an obligation, then half of what you appointed unless they forgo it, or he in whose hand is the knot of marriage forgoes it; and that you forgo is nearer to prudent fear. And forget not bounty between you, God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-237.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنكِحُوا۟ — fa-inkiḥū · "then marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تُـقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامٰى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ مَثْنٰى وَثُلٰثَ وَرُبَاعَۚ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْۜ ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَعُولُواۜ

Wa-in khiftum alla tuqsitoo feealyatama fankihoo ma tabalakum mina annisa-i mathna wathulathawarubaAAa fa-in khiftum alla taAAdiloo fawahidatanaw ma malakat aymanukum thalika adnaalla taAAooloo

And if you fear that you will not do justice by the fatherless, then marry what pleases you of women: two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not do justice, then one — or what your right hands possess; that is more likely that you will not deviate.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-3.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنِّكَاحَ — l-nikāḥa · "(the age of) marriage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامٰى حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَۚ فَاِنْ اٰنَسْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ رُشْداً فَادْفَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْۚ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَٓا اِسْرَافاً وَبِدَاراً اَنْ يَكْـبَرُواۜ وَمَنْ كَانَ غَنِياًّ فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْۚ وَمَنْ كَانَ فَق۪يراً فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ فَاِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْ فَاَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ حَس۪يباً

Wabtaloo alyatama hattaitha balaghoo annikaha fa-in anastumminhum rushdan fadfaAAoo ilayhim amwalahum walata/kulooha israfan wabidaran an yakbaroowaman kana ghaniyyan falyastaAAfif waman kanafaqeeran falya/kul bilmaAAroofi fa-itha dafaAAtumilayhim amwalahum faashhidoo AAalayhim wakafa billahihaseeba

And test the fatherless when they have reached marriage: if you find them to be of sound judgment, deliver to them their property; and consume it not wastefully and hastily before they be grown. And he that is free from need, let him abstain; and he that is poor, let him take according to what is fitting. And when you deliver to them their property, take witnesses over them. And sufficient is God as reckoner.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-6.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحُوا۟ — tankiḥū · "marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتاًۜ وَسَٓاءَ سَب۪يلاً۟

Wala tankihoo ma nakahaabaokum mina annisa-i illa maqad salafa innahu kana fahishatan wamaqtan wasaasabeela

And marry not what your fathers married among women save what is past; it was sexual immorality, and hateful, and an evil path.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-22.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** نَكَحَ — nakaḥa · "married"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتاًۜ وَسَٓاءَ سَب۪يلاً۟

Wala tankihoo ma nakahaabaokum mina annisa-i illa maqad salafa innahu kana fahishatan wamaqtan wasaasabeela

And marry not what your fathers married among women save what is past; it was sexual immorality, and hateful, and an evil path.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-22.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** يَنكِحَ — yankiḥa · "marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِـعْ مِنْكُمْ طَوْلاً اَنْ يَنْكِـحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِنْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْ فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِكُمْۜ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَانْكِحُوهُنَّ بِاِذْنِ اَهْلِهِنَّ وَاٰتُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ اَخْدَانٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اُحْصِنَّ فَاِنْ اَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَاَنْ تَصْبِرُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Waman lam yastatiAA minkum tawlanan yankiha almuhsanati almu/minatifamin ma malakat aymanukum min fatayatikumualmu/minati wallahu aAAlamu bi-eemanikumbaAAdukum min baAAdin fankihoohunnabi-ithni ahlihinna waatoohunna ojoorahunna bilmaAAroofimuhsanatin ghayra masafihatin walamuttakhithati akhdanin fa-itha ohsinnafa-in atayna bifahishatin faAAalayhinna nisfu maAAala almuhsanati mina alAAathabi thalikaliman khashiya alAAanata minkum waan tasbiroo khayrunlakum wallahu ghafoorun raheem

And whoso among you has not the means to marry free believing women, then from what your right hands possess of believing maids; and God best knows your faith. You are of one another, so marry them with the leave of their people; and give them their rewards according to what is fitting, they being chaste and not fornicators, nor taking secret friends. But when they are in wedlock, then if they commit sexual immorality: upon them is half what is due the free women of punishment; that is for him who fears hardship among you. And that you be patient is best for you; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-25.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ — fa-inkiḥūhunna · "So marry them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِـعْ مِنْكُمْ طَوْلاً اَنْ يَنْكِـحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِنْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْ فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِكُمْۜ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَانْكِحُوهُنَّ بِاِذْنِ اَهْلِهِنَّ وَاٰتُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ اَخْدَانٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اُحْصِنَّ فَاِنْ اَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَاَنْ تَصْبِرُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Waman lam yastatiAA minkum tawlanan yankiha almuhsanati almu/minatifamin ma malakat aymanukum min fatayatikumualmu/minati wallahu aAAlamu bi-eemanikumbaAAdukum min baAAdin fankihoohunnabi-ithni ahlihinna waatoohunna ojoorahunna bilmaAAroofimuhsanatin ghayra masafihatin walamuttakhithati akhdanin fa-itha ohsinnafa-in atayna bifahishatin faAAalayhinna nisfu maAAala almuhsanati mina alAAathabi thalikaliman khashiya alAAanata minkum waan tasbiroo khayrunlakum wallahu ghafoorun raheem

And whoso among you has not the means to marry free believing women, then from what your right hands possess of believing maids; and God best knows your faith. You are of one another, so marry them with the leave of their people; and give them their rewards according to what is fitting, they being chaste and not fornicators, nor taking secret friends. But when they are in wedlock, then if they commit sexual immorality: upon them is half what is due the free women of punishment; that is for him who fears hardship among you. And that you be patient is best for you; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-25.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحُوهُنَّ — tankiḥūhunna · "marry them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَٓاءِۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُفْت۪يكُمْ ف۪يهِنَّۙ وَمَا يُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ ف۪ي يَتَامَى النِّسَٓاءِ الّٰت۪ي لَا تُؤْتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَتَرْغَبُونَ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَف۪ينَ مِنَ الْوِلْدَانِۙ وَاَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلْيَتَامٰى بِالْقِسْطِۜ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِه۪ عَل۪يماً

Wayastaftoonaka fee annisa-iquli Allahu yufteekum feehinna wama yutlaAAalaykum fee alkitabi fee yatama annisa-iallatee la tu/toonahunna ma kutiba lahunnawatarghaboona an tankihoohunna walmustadAAafeenamina alwildani waan taqoomoo lilyatama bilqistiwama tafAAaloo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha kanabihi AAaleema

And they ask thee for a ruling concerning women. Say thou: “God gives you the ruling concerning them,” — and what is recited to you in the Writ concerning the fatherless women (to whom you give not what is prescribed for them, and yet desire to marry them) and concerning the oppressed among children; and that you stand up for equity for the fatherless. And whatever you do of good, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-127.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَنكِحُ — yankiḥu · "marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلزَّان۪ي لَا يَنْكِحُ اِلَّا زَانِيَةً اَوْ مُشْرِكَةًۘ وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَٓا اِلَّا زَانٍ اَوْ مُشْرِكٌۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Azzanee la yankihuilla zaniyatan aw mushrikatan wazzaniyatula yankihuha illa zanin awmushrikun wahurrima thalika AAalaalmu/mineen

The unchaste man shall not marry save an unchaste woman or an idolatress; and an unchaste woman shall not marry save an unchaste man or an idolater — and that is unlawful to the believers —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-3.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَنكِحُهَآ — yankiḥuhā · "marry her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلزَّان۪ي لَا يَنْكِحُ اِلَّا زَانِيَةً اَوْ مُشْرِكَةًۘ وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَٓا اِلَّا زَانٍ اَوْ مُشْرِكٌۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Azzanee la yankihuilla zaniyatan aw mushrikatan wazzaniyatula yankihuha illa zanin awmushrikun wahurrima thalika AAalaalmu/mineen

The unchaste man shall not marry save an unchaste woman or an idolatress; and an unchaste woman shall not marry save an unchaste man or an idolater — and that is unlawful to the believers —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-3.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَنكِحُوا۟ — wa-ankiḥū · "And marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاَنْكِحُوا الْاَيَامٰى مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّالِح۪ينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَاِمَٓائِكُمْۜ اِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَـرَٓاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ  وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waankihoo al-ayamaminkum wassaliheena min AAibadikumwa-ima-ikum in yakoonoo fuqaraa yughnihimu Allahumin fadlihi wallahu wasiAAun AAaleem

And give in marriage the unmarried among you, and the righteous among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they be poor, God will enrich them out of His bounty; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-32.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** نِكَاحًا — nikāḥan · "(means for) marriage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحاً حَتّٰى يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَبْتَغُونَ الْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ اِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ ف۪يهِمْ خَيْراًۗ وَاٰتُوهُمْ مِنْ مَالِ اللّٰهِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰتٰيكُمْۜ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَٓاءِ اِنْ اَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّناً لِتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۜ وَمَنْ يُكْرِهْهُنَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اِكْرَاهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

WalyastaAAfifi allatheena layajidoona nikahan hatta yughniyahumu Allahumin fadlihi wallatheena yabtaghoona alkitabamimma malakat aymanukum fakatiboohum inAAalimtum feehim khayran waatoohum min mali Allahiallathee atakum wala tukrihoo fatayatikumAAala albigha-i in aradna tahassunanlitabtaghoo AAarada alhayati addunyawaman yukrihhunna fa-inna Allaha min baAAdi ikrahihinnaghafoorun raheem

And let abstain those who find not marriage until God enriches them out of His bounty. And those who seek the writ from among those your right hands possess: contract with them if you know good to be in them; and give to them out of the wealth God has given you. And compel not your slave-girls to whoredom, if they desire chastity[...] — seeking the enjoyment of the life of this world. And whoso compels them, then God, after their compulsion, is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-33.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** نِكَاحًۭا — nikāḥan · "(for) marriage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ الّٰت۪ي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحاً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِز۪ينَةٍۜ وَاَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَهُنَّۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

WalqawaAAidu mina annisa-iallatee la yarjoona nikahan falaysaAAalayhinna junahun an yadaAAna thiyabahunnaghayra mutabarrijatin bizeenatin waan yastaAAfifna khayrunlahunna wallahu sameeAAun AAaleem

And those past child-bearing among the women who have no hope of marriage: they do no wrong that they lay aside their garments, without displaying adornment; but that they refrain is best for them. And God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-60.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** أُنكِحَكَ — unkiḥaka · "marry you to"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اُر۪يدُ اَنْ اُنْكِحَكَ اِحْدَى ابْنَتَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَأْجُرَن۪ي ثَمَانِيَ حِجَجٍۚ فَاِنْ اَتْمَمْتَ عَشْراً فَمِنْ عِنْدِكَۚ وَمَٓا اُر۪يدُ اَنْ اَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَۜ سَتَجِدُن۪ٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Qala innee oreedu an onkihakaihda ibnatayya hatayni AAala anta/juranee thamaniya hijajin fa-in atmamta AAashranfamin AAindika wama oreedu an ashuqqa AAalayka satajiduneein shaa Allahu mina assaliheen

Said he: “I desire to marry thee to one of these two daughters of mine, provided that thou hire thyself to me eight years. And if thou shouldst complete ten, be that up to thee. And I desire not to create hardship for thee. Thou wilt find me, if God wills, among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-27.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** نَكَحْتُمُ — nakaḥtumu · "you marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍ تَعْتَدُّونَهَاۚ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحاً جَم۪يلاً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha nakahtumu almu/minati thumma tallaqtumoohunnamin qabli an tamassoohunna fama lakum AAalayhinna minAAiddatin taAAtaddoonaha famattiAAoohunna wasarrihoohunnasarahan jameela

O you who heed warning: when you marry believing women then divorce them before you have touched them: there is no number for you that you should count concerning them; but give them provision, and release them with a comely release.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-49.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْتَنكِحَهَا — yastankiḥahā · "marry her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِنَّٓا اَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ اَزْوَاجَكَ الّٰـت۪ٓي اٰتَيْتَ اُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَم۪ينُكَ مِمَّٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالَاتِكَ الّٰت۪ي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَۘ وَامْرَاَةً مُؤْمِنَةً اِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ اِنْ اَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ اَنْ يَسْتَنْكِحَهَاۗ خَالِصَةً لَكَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۜ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ ف۪ٓي اَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Ya ayyuha annabiyyuinna ahlalna laka azwajaka allateeatayta ojoorahunna wama malakat yameenuka mimmaafaa Allahu AAalayka wabanati AAammika wabanatiAAammatika wabanati khalika wabanatikhalatika allatee hajarna maAAaka wamraatanmu/minatan in wahabat nafsaha linnabiyyi in aradaannabiyyu an yastankihaha khalisatanlaka min dooni almu/mineena qad AAalimna ma faradnaAAalayhim fee azwajihim wama malakat aymanuhumlikayla yakoona AAalayka harajun wakana Allahughafooran raheema

O Prophet: We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their rewards, and those whom thy right hand possesses of what God has bestowed upon thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncles, and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncles, and the daughters of thy maternal aunts — who emigrated with thee and is a believing woman — if she give herself to the Prophet (if the Prophet desire to marry her) exclusively for thee and not the believers, (We know what We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess) that there be upon thee no blame; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-50.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحُوٓا۟ — tankiḥū · "you should marry"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ اِلٰى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِر۪ينَ اِنٰيهُۙ وَلٰكِنْ اِذَا دُع۪يتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَاِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلَا مُسْتَأْنِس۪ينَ لِحَد۪يثٍۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنْكُمْۘ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنَ الْحَقِّۜ وَاِذَا سَاَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعاً فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ حِجَابٍۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّۜ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَنْ تَنْكِحُٓوا اَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ٓ اَبَداًۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْـدَ اللّٰهِ عَظ۪يـماً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tadkhuloo buyoota annabiyyi illa an yu/thanalakum ila taAAamin ghayra nathireenainahu walakin itha duAAeetum fadkhuloofa-itha taAAimtum fantashiroo walamusta/niseena lihadeethin inna thalikum kanayu/thee annabiyya fayastahyee minkum wallahula yastahyee mina alhaqqi wa-ithasaaltumoohunna mataAAan fas-aloohunna min wara-ihijabin thalikum atharu liquloobikumwaquloobihinna wama kana lakum an tu/thoorasoola Allahi wala an tankihoo azwajahumin baAAdihi abadan inna thalikum kana AAinda AllahiAAatheema

O you who heed warning: enter not the houses of the Prophet, save that leave be given to you for a meal, without watching for its hour. But when you are called, then enter; and when you have eaten, then disperse. And seek not to remain for conversation; that hinders the Prophet, and he is shy of you; but God is not shy of the truth. And when you ask of his wives an item: ask it of them from behind a partition; that is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not for you to hinder the messenger of God, or to marry his wives after him ever; that were, in the sight of God, monstrous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-53.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تَنكِحُوهُنَّ — tankiḥūhunna · "you marry them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا جَٓاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّۜ  اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِهِنَّۚ  فَاِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِۜ  لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّۜ وَاٰتُوهُمْ مَٓا اَنْفَقُواۜ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ اِذَٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّۜ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَسْـَٔلُوا مَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا مَٓا اَنْفَقُواۜ  ذٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ اللّٰهِۜ  يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha jaakumu almu/minatu muhajiratinfamtahinoohunna Allahu aAAlamu bi-eemanihinnafa-in AAalimtumoohunna mu/minatin falatarjiAAoohunna ila alkuffari la hunna hillunlahum wala hum yahilloona lahunna waatoohumma anfaqoo wala junaha AAalaykum an tankihoohunnaitha ataytumoohunna ojoorahunna walatumsikoo biAAisami alkawafiri was-aloo maanfaqtum walyas-aloo ma anfaqoo thalikum hukmuAllahi yahkumu baynakum wallahuAAaleemun hakeem

O you who heed warning: when the believing women come to you as émigrées: examine them. God best knows their faith. And if you know them to be believing women, then return them not to the atheists. Such women are not lawful for them, and they are not lawful for such women. And give them what they spent. And you do no wrong to marry such women when you give them their rewards. And hold not by tie denying women; and ask for what you have spent, and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the judgment of God; He judges between you; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-10.md_

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