Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:52

33:52

لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رَّقِيبًا

lā yaḥillu laka l-nisāu min baʿdu walā an tabaddala bihinna min azwājin walaw aʿjabaka ḥus'nuhunna illā mā malakat yamīnuka wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin raqīban

Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.

— Saheeh International

You [Prophet] are not permitted to take any further wives, nor to exchange the wives you have for others, even if these attract you with their beauty. But this does not apply to your slave-girls: God is watchful over all.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not lawful for you (to marry other) women after this, nor to change them for other wives even though their beauty attracts you, except those (slaves) whom your right hand possesses. And Allâh is Ever a Watcher over all things.

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

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Word by Word

لَّاlā(It is) not
يَحِلُّyaḥillulawful
لَكَlakafor you
ٱلنِّسَآءُl-nisāu(to marry) women
مِنۢminafter (this)
بَعْدُbaʿduafter (this)
وَلَآwalāand not
أَنanto
تَبَدَّلَtabaddalaexchange
بِهِنَّbihinnathem
مِنْminfor
أَزْوَٰجٍۢazwājin(other) wives
وَلَوْwalaweven if
أَعْجَبَكَaʿjabakapleases you
حُسْنُهُنَّḥus'nuhunnatheir beauty
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhom
مَلَكَتْmalakatyou rightfully possess
يَمِينُكَۗyamīnukayou rightfully possess
وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah is
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كُلِّkulliall
شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
رَّقِيبًۭاraqībanan Observer