| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An-Nisa Verse 3 (4:3:24) | اَيْمَانُكُمْۜ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hand | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans,(508) Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.(509)* | |||||
| 2 | An-Nisa Verse 24 (4:24:7) | اَيْمَانُكُمْۚ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | rightfully | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess:(537) Thus hath Allah ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, (538)seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least)(539) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.* | |||||
| 3 | An-Nisa Verse 25 (4:25:13) | اَيْمَانُكُمْ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess:(540) And Allah hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 33 (4:33:10) | اَيْمَانُكُمْ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs(543) to property left by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your right hand was pledged,(544) give their due portion. For truly Allah is witness to all things.* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 36 (4:36:24) | اَيْمَانُكُمْۜ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Serve Allah, and join not(550) any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near,(551) neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side,(552) the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess:(553) For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;-(554)* | |||||
| 6 | An-Nur Verse 33 (24:33:16) | اَيْمَانُكُمْ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means(2990) out of His grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed(2991) if ye know any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. But force not your maids(2992) to prostitution when(2993) they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them).(2994)* | |||||
| 7 | An-Nur Verse 58 (24:58:8) | اَيْمَانُكُمْ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe!(3033) Let those whom your right hands(3034) possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age(3035) ask your permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the latenight prayer: these are your three times(3036) of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 8 | Ar-Rum Verse 28 (30:28:11) | اَيْمَانُكُمْ | ايمانكم | eymânukum | your right hands | ي م ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He does propound to you a similitude from your own (experience):(3535) do ye have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to share as equals in the wealth We have(3536) bestowed on you? Do ye fear(3537) them as ye fear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail to a people that understand.(3538)* | |||||