Surah Al-Ma'arij (المعارج) • The Ascending Stairways

Quran 70:30

70:30

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 are not to be blamed -

— Saheeh International

from all but their spouses or their slave-girls––there is no blame attached to [relations with] these,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.

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

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāExcept
عَلَىٰٓʿalāfrom
أَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimtheir spouses
أَوْawor
مَاmāwhat
مَلَكَتْmalakatthey possess
أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumrightfully
فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed, they
غَيْرُghayru(are) not
مَلُومِينَmalūmīnablameworthy