Regarding 24:3

[mikelang]

Ive read in many places that a chaste person cannot marry a fornicator, unless they repent. Seems simple enough but i cant seem to understand where people are getting this "unless they repent" clause from. I have noticed in the Quran that God points out that repentance will get your sins forgiven. However for this verse, it does not mention repentance. So does that mean a fornicator cannot marry a non fornicator under any circumstances? I know 245 says "unless they repent", but from my understanding, that verse is referring to 244 talking about false accusers, not fornicators.

Disclaimer I'm fairly new to studying the Quran, so forgive me if i am missing something obvious.

[The_Sardar]

All i can say dear brother is check the context and the original Arabic words for deeper study. I hope this advice can help you.

[huruf]

When somebody repents of something it means he does not do that thing any more, so he is o longer what he was. Otherwise he did not repent really.

Salaam