ٱلزَّانِي لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوۡ مُشۡرِكَةٗ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوۡ مُشۡرِكٞۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣
Az-zānī lā yankihu illā zāniyatan aw mushrikatan waz-zāniyatu lā yankihuhā illā zānin aw mushrikun wahurrima dhālika 'alal-mu'minīn
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator975 or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
Footnotes
975 Included in this ruling is the adulterer as well. Such persons cannot be married to believers unless they have repented and reformed.