“The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or an idolatress” (al-Nūr 24:3, excerpt) has been discussed in relation to other marriage instructions.
A careful analysis must consider the function of the word yankiḥ, the moral censure embedded in the passage, and whether it describes a particular social condition or imposes an unrestricted rule for every valid marriage.
This disputed legal and linguistic case should not be resolved by treating any later general marriage passage as automatically annulling the earlier one. Meaning, context, and the relevant legal distinctions remain central.