Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

50 O Prophet!
Indeed We have made lawful to you your wives
whom you have given their dowries,
and those whom your right hand owns,1
of those whom Allah gave you as spoils of war,
and the daughters of your paternal uncle,
and the daughters of your paternal aunts,
and the daughters of your maternal uncle,
and the daughters of your maternal aunts
who migrated with you,
and a faithful woman if she offers herself to the Prophet
and the Prophet desires to take her in marriage,
(a privilege exclusively for you,
not for [the rest of] the faithful;
We know what We have made lawful for them
with respect to their wives
and those whom their right hands own
so that there may be no blame on you,)
and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
51 You may put off whichever of them you wish
and consort with whichever of them you wish,
and as for any whom you may seek [to consort with]
from among those you have set aside [earlier],
there is no sin upon you [in receiving her again].
That makes it likelier that they will be comforted
and not feel unhappy,
all of them being pleased with what you give them.
Allah knows what is in your hearts,
and Allah is all-knowing, all-forbearing.

1 That is, slave women.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 07 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=625