لَّا
يَحِلُّ
لَكَ
ٱلنِّسَآءُ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدُ
وَلَآ
أَن
تَبَدَّلَ
بِهِنَّ
مِنۡ
أَزۡوَٰجٖ
وَلَوۡ
أَعۡجَبَكَ
حُسۡنُهُنَّ
إِلَّا
مَا
مَلَكَتۡ
يَمِينُكَۗ
وَكَانَ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٖ
رَّقِيبٗا
٥٢
It is not allowed thee to take (other) women henceforth, nor that thou shouldst change them for other wives even though their beauty pleased thee, save those whom thy right hand possesseth. And Allah is ever Watcher over all things.
— M. Pickthall
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.1
— Saheeh International
It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah doth watch over all things.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Reward of His Wives for choosing to stay with the Messenger
More than one of the scholars, such as Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Ibn Zayd, Ibn Jarir and others stated that this Ayah was revealed as a reward to the wives of the Prophet expressing Allah's pleasure with them for their exc
…The Reward of His Wives for choosing to stay with the Messenger
More than one of the scholars, such as Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Ibn Zay
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