Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)

45. O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

46. And as a summoner unto Allah by His permission, and as a lamp that giveth light.

47. And announce unto the believers the good tidings that they will have great bounty from Allah.

48. And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee.

49. O ye who believe! If ye wed believing women and divorce them before ye have touched them, then there is no period that ye should reckon. But content them and release them handsomely.

50. O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father’s side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father’s side, and the daughters of thine uncles on the mother’s side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother’s side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage — a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers — We are aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess — that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

51. Thou canst defer whom thou wilt of them and receive unto thee whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou desirest of those whom thou hast set aside (temporarily), it is no sin for thee (to receive her again); that is better; that they may be comforted and not grieve, and may all be pleased with what thou givest them. Allah knoweth what is in your hearts (O men) and Allah is Forgiving, Clement.

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Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 11 May. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/marmaduke-pickthall/1930?page=440