And force not your maids to prostitution , if they desire chastity , in order that you may make a gain in the ( perishable ) goods of this worldly life . But if anyone compels them ( to prostitution ) , then after such compulsion , Allah is Oft-Forgiving , Most Merciful ( to those women , i.e. He will forgive them because they have been forced to do this evil action unwillingly ) .