An-Nur 24:3
The Light · Medinan · Juz 18 · Page 350
A Chaste Spouse
ٱلزَّانِي لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوۡ مُشۡرِكَةࣰ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوۡ مُشۡرِكࣱۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣
The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden unto believers.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or an idolatress.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, pure women of faith and chastity loathe a fornicating man and do not, and should not, stoop to him.
Reflect
Value chastity in choosing a spouse.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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