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Surah 70. Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 30

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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Ill a AAal a azw a jihim aw m a malakat aym a nuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeen a

[not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock] -:¹³ for then, behold, they are free of all blame,

- Mohammad Asad

except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for in their case they are not blameworthy.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

except with their wives or those 'bondwomen' in their possession,¹ for then they are free from blame,

- Mustafa Khattab

Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess for (then) they are not to be blamed ⁵⁶⁹⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali