Quran 33:52 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You [Prophet] are not permitted to take any further wives, nor to exchange the wives you have for others, even if these attract you with their beauty. But this does not apply to your slave-girls: God is watchful over all.
لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلَا أَنْ تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَقِيبًا
lā yaḥillu laka l-nisāu min baʿdu walā an tabaddala bihinna min azwājin walaw aʿjabaka ḥus'nuhunna illā mā malakat yamīnuka wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin raqīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thereafter women are not lawful to thee, neither for thee to take other wives in exchange for them, though their beauty please thee, except what thy right hand owns; God is watchful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- No [other] women shall henceforth be lawful to thee nor art thou [allowed] to supplant [any of] them by other wives, even though their beauty should please thee greatly -: [none shall be lawful to thee] beyond those whom thou [already] hast come to possess. And God keeps watch over everything.
- Sahih International
- Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | (It is) not | — |
| 2 | يَحِلُّyaḥillu | lawful | حلل |
| 3 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 4 | ٱلنِّسَآءُl-nisāu | (to marry) women | نسو |
| 5 | مِنۢmin | after (this) | — |
| 6 | بَعْدُbaʿdu | after (this) | بعد |
| 7 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | أَنan | to | — |
| 9 | تَبَدَّلَtabaddala | exchange | بدل |
| 10 | بِهِنَّbihinna | them | — |
| 11 | مِنْmin | for | — |
| 12 | أَزْوَٰجٍۢazwājin | (other) wives | زوج |
| 13 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 14 | أَعْجَبَكَaʿjabaka | pleases you | عجب |
| 15 | حُسْنُهُنَّḥus'nuhunna | their beauty | حسن |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 17 | مَاmā | whom | — |
| 18 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | you rightfully possess | ملك |
| 19 | يَمِينُكَ ۗyamīnuka | you rightfully possess | يمن |
| 20 | وَكَانَwakāna | And Allah is | كون |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah is | أله |
| 22 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 23 | كُلِّkulli | all | كلل |
| 24 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 25 | رَّقِيبًۭاraqīban | an Observer | رقب |