Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:6

23:6

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -

— Saheeh International

except with their spouses or their slaves––with these they are not to blame,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except from their wives or (the slaves) that their right hands possess, - for then, they are free from blame;

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāExcept
عَلَىٰٓʿalāfrom
أَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimtheir spouses
أَوْawor
مَاmāwhat
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumtheir right hands
فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed, they
غَيْرُghayru(are) not
مَلُومِينَmalūmīnablameworthy