Verse 23:10 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
6
إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ ٦
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn
except with their spouses or their slaves––with these they are not to blame
7
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ٧
famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūn
but anyone who seeks more than this is exceeding the limits––
8
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ٨
wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūn
who are faithful to their trusts and pledge
9
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَ ٰتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ ٩
wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūn
and who keep up their prayers
10
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثُونَ ١٠
ulāika humu l-wārithūn
will rightly be give
11
ٱلَّذِینَ یَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِیهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ١١
alladhīna yarithūna l-fir'dawsa hum fīhā khālidūn
Paradise as their own, there to remain
12
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن سُلَـٰلَةࣲ مِّن طِینࣲ ١٢
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min sulālatin min ṭīni
We created man from an essence of clay
13
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ نُطۡفَةࣰ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینࣲ ١٣
thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīni
then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place
14
ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَـٰمࣰا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَـٰمَ لَحۡمࣰا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقِینَ ١٤
thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīn
then We made that drop into a clinging form, and We made that form into a lump of flesh, and We made that lump into bones, and We clothed those bones with flesh, and later We made him into other forms––glory be to God, the best of creators!––
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