وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِى ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِيهِنَّ وَمَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ فِى يَتَـٰمَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا تُؤْتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ وَأَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمًا
Wa yastaftoonaka finnisaaa'i qulil laahu yufteekum feehinna wa maa yutlaa 'alaikum fil Kitaabi fee yataaman nisaaa'il laatee laa tu'toonahunna mmaa kutiba lahunnna wa targhaboona an tankihoohunna wal mustad'a feena minal wildaani wa an taqoomoo lilyataamaa bilqist; wa maa taf'aloo min khairin fa innal laaha kaana bihee 'Aleemaa
Dan mereka minta fatwa kepadamu tentang para wanita. Katakanlah, "Allah memberi fatwa kepadamu tentang mereka, dan apa yang dibacakan kepadamu dalam Al-Qur`ān (juga memfatwakan) tentang para wanita yatim yang kamu tidak memberikan kepada mereka apa yang ditetapkan untuk mereka, sedang kamu ingin mengawini mereka, dan tentang anak-anak yang masih dipandang lemah. Dan (Allah menyuruh kamu) supaya kamu mengurus anak-anak yatim secara adil. Dan kebajikan apa saja yang kamu kerjakan, maka sesungguhnya Allah adalah Maha Mengetahuinya".
They ask you for a ruling concerning women. Say: God gives you the ruling concerning them, and so does what is recited to you in the Book concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what has been prescribed for them, though you desire to marry them — and concerning the helpless among the children, and that you stand for the orphans in justice. Whatever good you do, God knows it well.
The request is for a ruling, and the answer given is that the ruling already stands: God replies, and so does what has been recited before, which turns the questioner back to the opening of this same surah where the orphan girls are first raised. Early readers divided over the desire named here, a wish to marry these girls for the property attached to them, or a reluctance to marry them that left that property held.