Quran 70:30 — Al-Ma'aarij, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
from all but their spouses or their slave-girls––there is no blame attached to [relations with] these,
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 not being 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 are not to 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 | they possess | ملك |
| 7 | أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhum | rightfully | يمن |
| 8 | فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahum | then indeed, they | — |
| 9 | غَيْرُghayru | (are) not | غير |
| 10 | مَلُومِينَmalūmīna | blameworthy | لوم |