And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess.1 [This is] the decree of Allāh upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation2 as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., slaves or war captives who had polytheist husbands.
2 The mahr, a specified gift to the bride required of the man upon marriage.
۞ وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُAnd (prohibited are) the ones who are marriedwal-muḥ'ṣanātu
مِنَofmina
ٱلنِّسَآءِthe womenl-nisāi
إِلَّاexceptillā
مَاwhommā
مَلَكَتۡyou possessmalakat
أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۖrightfullyaymānukum
كِتَٰبَDecreekitāba
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚupon youʿalaykum
وَأُحِلَّAnd are lawfulwa-uḥilla
لَكُمto youlakum
مَّاwhatmā
وَرَآءَ(is) beyondwarāa
ذَٰلِكُمۡthatdhālikum
أَنthatan
تَبۡتَغُواْyou seektabtaghū
بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُمwith your wealthbi-amwālikum
مُّحۡصِنِينَdesiring to be chastemuḥ'ṣinīna
غَيۡرَnotghayra
مُسَٰفِحِينَۚ(to be) lustfulmusāfiḥīna
فَمَاSo whatfamā
ٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُمyou benefit[ed]is'tamtaʿtum
بِهِۦof itbihi
مِنۡهُنَّfrom themmin'hunna
فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّso you give themfaātūhunna
أُجُورَهُنَّtheir bridal dueujūrahunna
فَرِيضَةٗۚ(as) an obligationfarīḍatan
وَلَاAnd (there is) nowalā
جُنَاحَsinjunāḥa
عَلَيۡكُمۡon youʿalaykum
فِيمَاconcerning whatfīmā
تَرَٰضَيۡتُمyou mutually agreetarāḍaytum
بِهِۦof itbihi
مِنۢfrommin
بَعۡدِbeyondbaʿdi
ٱلۡفَرِيضَةِۚthe obligationl-farīḍati
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
كَانَiskāna
عَلِيمًاAll-Knowingʿalīman
حَكِيمٗاAll-Wiseḥakīman
Tafsir
Those who are already married are prohibited to you, except those who you have captured whilst fighting in Allah’s cause: they are allowed to you after making sure they are not pregnant – this is what Allah has decreed. All women other than those who have been prohibited are allowed for you, if you seek them with your wealth, in a chaste way, desiring what is lawful and not desiring sexual immorality. Give those you enjoy in marriage their dowry, which Allah has made an obligation on you. However, there is nothing wrong if you mutually agree, after the obligation of the dowry has been set, to increase it, or to give up part of it. Allah knows His creation and nothing about them is hidden from Him. He is Wise in His administration and in His sacred law-giving.