Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:6 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 6 / 118 · Page 342
إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Word by Word
إِلَّا
illa
Except
عَلَى
ala
from
أَزْوَاجِهِمْ
azwajihim
their spouses
أَوْ
aw
or
مَا
ma
what
مَلَكَتْ
malakat
possess
أَيْمَانُهُمْ
aymanuhum
their right hands
فَإِنَّهُمْ
fa-innahum
then indeed, they
غَيْرُ
ghayru
(are) not
مَلُومِينَ
malumina
blameworthy
Transliteration
Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aimaanuhum fa innahum ghairu maloomeen
Translation
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Except using them with their wives or the female servants they possessed, for they are blameless in taking pleasure from them through sexual intercourse and the like.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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