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

52 Beyond that, women are not lawful for you,
nor that you should change them for other wives
even though their beauty should impress you,
except those whom your right hand owns.
And Allah is watchful over all things.
53 O you who have faith!
Do not enter the Prophet’s houses
unless permission is granted you for a meal,
without waiting for it to be readied.
But enter when you are invited,
and disperse when you have taken your meal,
without settling down to chat.
Indeed such conduct torments the Prophet,
and he is ashamed of [asking] you [to leave];
but Allah is not ashamed of [expressing] the truth.
And when you ask anything of [his] womenfolk,
ask it from them from behind a curtain.
That is more chaste for your hearts and their hearts.
You may not torment the Apostle of Allah,
nor may you ever marry his wives after him.
Indeed that would be a grave [matter] with Allah.
54 Whether you disclose anything or hide it,
Allah indeed knows all things.
55 There is no sin on them 1 [in socializing freely]
with their fathers, or their sons,
or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons,
or the sons of their sisters,
or their own womenfolk,2

1 That is, the Prophet’s wives.

2 That is, Muslim 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 19 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=626