[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Except around their spouses or those maintained by their oaths, there is no blame
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed
Wahiduddin Khan
except from their spouses and those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock], for which they incur no blam
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed
The Wise Quran
Except for their wives or what their right hands possess, then indeed, they are not to be blamed;
The Study Quran
save from their spouses or those whom their right hands possess, for then they are not blameworthy
Talal Itani (2012)
Except from their spouses or those living under their control, for then they are free of blame
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Except for their spouses and those they rightfully possess, for then they are not to be blamed.
T.B.Irving
except with their own spouses or those living under their control; with such they are blameless.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Except from their wives and the (captive) whom their right hand possess— For (them), they are not to be blameworthy
Sher Ali
Except from their wives and from those whom their right hands possess; such indeed, are not to blame
Shakir
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed
Shabbir Ahmed
----- They have intimate relations only with their spouses - that is, those who are rightfully theirs through wedlock. For such relationship they are free of blame. ('Aw' = Or = That is = And. (23:5-7))
Samy Mahdy
Except upon their spouses or what their right hands possess, so they are not blamed.
Safi Kaskas
except from their spouses and from those whom their right hands hold in trust, are free of blame.
Rashad Khalifa
(They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs
N J Dawood 2014
(save with their wives and slave-girls, for with these they are blameless
Mustaqim
Except with regard to their partners or those in their possession, for then they are not to blame.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
except with their wives or those ˹bondwomen˺ in their possession, for then they are free from blame,
Musharraf Hussain
except from their spouses, or their slave maids; for that they can’t be blamed.
MunirMezyed2023
Except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, in such a case they are free from blame-
Munir Mezyed
Except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, in such a case they are not blameworthy,
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,__ because they are not to be blamed
Muhammad Sarwar
except from their wives and slave girls, in which case they are not to be blamed
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Except with their spouses or what their right hands possess; then surely they are not blameworthy (Literally: other than 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
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Except on (for) their spouses and what their rights owned/possessed (i.e.: care-givers of the sick, elderly and disabled under contract), so then they are not blameworthy/blamed
Mohammad Shafi
Except from their spouses or from those whom they rightfully possess. For indulging in sex with them, they are, of course, not to be blamed
Mir Aneesuddin
except from their wives or whom their right hands possess, so in their case they are not to be blamed,
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Except in the presence of their mates or those whom their right hands possess -- for such surely are not to be blamed
Maududi
except in regard to their spouses and those whom their right hands possess, for in regard to them they are not reproachable
Linda "iLham" Barto
The exception is with their spouses and their wards. With them, they have no blame.
John Medows Rodwell
(Save with their wives or the slaves whom their right hands have won, for there they shall be blameless
Irving/Hegab
except with their own spouses or those living under their control; with such they are blameless.
Hilali - Khan
Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for (then) they are not to be blamed
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
except from their wives and what their right hands own, for these they are not blameworthy
Hamid S. Aziz
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - for on these surely is no blame
George Sale
of women other than their wives, or the slaves which their right hands possess; -- for as to them they shall be blameless
Fode Drame
Except to their spouses or to those that their right hands possess, for then indeed they are not to be blamed.
Faridul Haque
Except with their wives and the bondwomen in their possession, for there is no reproach on them
Edward Henry Palmer
except for their wives or the (slave girls) whom their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed
Dr. Munir Munshey
Except with their spouses _ those whom their right hands possess; because then, they are not blameworthy
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Except from their wives or the female slaves they possess. So (in this) there is no blame on them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
but not from their spouses or what their right hands possessed. Truly, they are not ones who will be reproached.
Dr. Kamal Omar
except unto their wives or ma-malakat-aimanuhum (the women who are given in guardianship of adult males as their wives under a document prepared by the Muslim state) — then surely they are unblamed people
Corpus.Quran
Except from their spouses or what they possess rightfully then indeed, they (are) not blameworthy
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Except with their spouses and those that their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed
Bijan Moeinian
… with their wives and the ones that God has approved for them
Bakhtiari Nejad
except from their spouses or what their right hands own as indeed they are blameless
Arthur John Arberry
save from their wives and what their right hands own, then not being blameworth
Amatul Rahman Omar
Except from their (free) wives or those (wives of theirs) whom their right hands own (- slave wives), for which they are not to blame
Ali Ünal
Save from their spouses or (as a permission for men) those (bondsmaids) whom their right hands possess, for with regard to them they are free from blame
Ali Quli Qara'i
(except from their spouses and their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy
Aisha Bewley
except from their wives and any slaves they own, in which case they incur no blame,
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But from their wives and from those whom their hands possess. They are not to be blamed for them.
Ahmed Hulusi
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for which they are not to be blamed.
Ahmed Ali
Are free of blame
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Save in regard to their spouses or those whom their right hands own; so verily they are not blameworthy
Abdul Hye
except with their wives or those whom their right hands possess so they are not to be blamed.
Abdel Haleem
from all but their spouses or their slave-girls––there is no blame attached to [relations with] these