سورة المعارج، الآية ٣٠
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ٣٠
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1754 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
[1754] i.e., female slaves.
Verse 30 of Surah Al-Ma’arij (70:30), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 569 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Except from their wives or the servant girls they possess, because they are not blameworthy in enjoying them through sexual intercourse or anything less.
except from their wives or bondwomen10 whom they own, for then they are not to be blamed.
[10] i.e., female slaves or slave-girls.
Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,
Except with their spouses or what their right hands possess; then surely they are not blameworthy (Literally: other than being blameworthy).
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
