وَمَن And whoever لَّمْ (is) not يَسْتَطِعْ able to مِنكُمْ among you طَوْلًا afford أَن to يَنكِحَ marry ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ the free chaste ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ [the] believing women فَمِن then (marry) from مَّا what مَلَكَتْ possess[ed] أَيْمَـٰنُكُم your right hands مِّن of فَتَيَـٰتِكُمُ your slave girls ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ۚ (of) the believers وَٱللَّهُ And Allah أَعْلَمُ knows best بِإِيمَـٰنِكُم ۚ about your faith بَعْضُكُم You مِّنۢ (are) from بَعْضٍۢ ۚ (one) another فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ So marry them بِإِذْنِ with (the) permission أَهْلِهِنَّ (of) their family وَءَاتُوهُنَّ and give them أُجُورَهُنَّ their bridal due بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ in a fair manner مُحْصَنَـٰتٍ (They should be) chaste غَيْرَ not مُسَـٰفِحَـٰتٍۢ those who commit immorality وَلَا and not مُتَّخِذَٰتِ those who take أَخْدَانٍۢ ۚ secret lovers فَإِذَآ Then when أُحْصِنَّ they are married فَإِنْ and if أَتَيْنَ they commit بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢ adultery فَعَلَيْهِنَّ then for them نِصْفُ (is) half مَا (of) what عَلَى (is) on ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ the free chaste women مِنَ of ٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ the punishment ذَٰلِكَ That لِمَنْ (is) for whoever خَشِىَ fears ٱلْعَنَتَ committing sin مِنكُمْ ۚ among you وَأَن and that تَصْبِرُوا۟ you be patient خَيْرٌۭ (is) better لَّكُمْ ۗ for you وَٱللَّهُ And Allah غَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌۭ Most Merciful ٢٥
And whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allāh is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation [i.e., mahr] according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears affliction [i.e., sin], but to be patient is better for you. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
— Come To Light