إِلّا عَلىٰ أَزواجِهِم أَو ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُم فَإِنَّهُم غَيرُ مَلومينَ

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

فَمَنِ ابتَغىٰ وَراءَ ذٰلِكَ فَأُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ العادونَ

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

وَالَّذينَ هُم لِأَماناتِهِم وَعَهدِهِم راعونَ

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَالَّذينَ هُم بِشَهاداتِهِم قائِمونَ

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَالَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلاتِهِم يُحافِظونَ

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

فَمالِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا قِبَلَكَ مُهطِعينَ

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

عَنِ اليَمينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمالِ عِزينَ

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

أَيَطمَعُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُدخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعيمٍ

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

كَلّا ۖ إِنّا خَلَقناهُم مِمّا يَعلَمونَ

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

فَلا أُقسِمُ بِرَبِّ المَشارِقِ وَالمَغارِبِ إِنّا لَقادِرونَ

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able