Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:7 — translation and meaning

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فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

Word by Word

فَمَنِ
famani
Then whoever
ابْتَغَى
ib'tagha
seeks
وَرَاءَ
waraa
beyond
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
فَأُولَئِكَ
fa-ulaika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
الْعَادُونَ
al-'aduna
(are) the transgressors

Transliteration

Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon

Translation

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So whosoever seeks pleasure from other than his wives and female servants that he possesses, he is transgressing the limits of Allah by delving into that which Allah has forbidden, without keeping to that which He has kept lawful.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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