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وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنكِحُوا۟wa-ankiḥūAnd marry
ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰl-ayāmāthe single
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَwal-ṣāliḥīnaand the righteous
مِنْminamong
عِبَادِكُمْʿibādikumyour male slaves
وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚwa-imāikumand your female slaves
إِنinIf
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey are
فُقَرَآءَfuqarāapoor
يُغْنِهِمُyugh'nihimuAllah will enrich them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will enrich them
مِنminfrom
فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihiHis Bounty
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to marryThese clear Ayat include a group of unambiguous rulings and firm commands.وَأَنْكِحُواْ الأَيَـمَى مِنْكُمْ(And marry those among you who are single (Al-Ayama)....) This is a command to marry.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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