Verse 23:4 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
1 ۞ قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١ qad aflaḥa l-mu'minūn [How] prosperous are the believers 2 ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَـٰشِعُونَ ۝٢ alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūn Those who pray humbly 3 وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ ۝٣ wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūn who shun idle talk
4 وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَـٰعِلُونَ ۝٤ wa-alladhīna hum lilzzakati fāʿilūn who pay the prescribed alms
5 وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ ۝٥ wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn who guard their chastit 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

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