Quran 23:6 — Al-Muminoon, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
except with their spouses or their slaves––with these they are not to blame,
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- save from their wives and what their right hands own then being not blameworthy
- Muhammad Asad
- [not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock]: for then, behold, they are free of all blame,
- Sahih International
- Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | from | — |
| 3 | أَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihim | their spouses | زوج |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | possess | ملك |
| 7 | أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhum | their right hands | يمن |
| 8 | فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahum | then indeed, they | — |
| 9 | غَيْرُghayru | (are) not | غير |
| 10 | مَلُومِينَmalūmīna | blameworthy | لوم |