وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Wal yasta'fifil lazeena laa yajidoona nikaahan hata yughniyahumul laahu mi fadlih; wallazeena yabtaghoonal kitaaba mimmaa malakat aimaanukum fakaatiboohum in 'alimtum feehim khairanw wa aatoohum mimmaalil laahil lazeee aataakum; wa laa tukrihoo fatayaatikum 'alal bighaaa'i in aradna tahassunal litabtaghoo 'aradal hayaatid dunyaa; wa mai yukrihhunna fa innal laaha mim ba'di ikraahihinna Ghafoor Raheem
اور جن کو بیاہ کا مقدور نہ ہو وہ پاک دامنی کو اختیار کئے رہیں یہاں تک کہ خدا ان کو اپنے فضل سے غنی کردے۔ اور جو غلام تم سے مکاتبت چاہیں اگر تم ان میں (صلاحیت اور) نیکی پاؤ تو ان سے مکاتبت کرلو۔ اور خدا نے جو مال تم کو بخشا ہے اس میں سے ان کو بھی دو۔ اور اپنی لونڈیوں کو اگر وہ پاک دامن رہنا چاہیں تو (بےشرمی سے) دنیاوی زندگی کے فوائد حاصل کرنے کے لئے بدکاری پر مجبور نہ کرنا۔ اور جو ان کو مجبور کرے گا تو ان (بیچاریوں) کے مجبور کئے جانے کے بعد خدا بخشنے والا مہربان ہے
And let those who cannot find the means to marry remain chaste until God enriches them from his bounty. And as for those whom your right hands rightfully hold who seek a contract of release, make the contract with them if you know there is good in them, and give them from the wealth of God that he has given you. And do not compel your young women into prostitution when they themselves wish to remain chaste, seeking the fleeting goods of this worldly life. And whoever compels them — then indeed, after their being compelled, God is forgiving, merciful.
The mercy at the end is directed at the woman who was compelled, which is how most commentators have read the pronoun: the coercion is charged to whoever forced it, and she is met with forgiveness. On the contract of release earlier in the verse the tradition divided, some jurists reading the instruction as binding on the owner and others as strongly urged, and that disagreement stands. Both halves move toward the person with the least power in the arrangement.