⁵⁰ O Prophet: We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their rewards, and those whom thy right hand possesses of what God has bestowed upon thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncles, and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncles, and the daughters of thy maternal aunts — who emigrated with thee and is a believing woman¹ — if she give herself² to the Prophet (if the Prophet desire to marry her) exclusively for thee and not³ the believers,⁴ (We know what We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess) that there be upon thee no blame; and God is forgiving and merciful.

⁵¹ Thou deferest¹ whom thou wilt of them, and thou takest² to thee whom thou wilt; and whom thou desirest of those thou hast set aside: there is no blame³ upon thee.⁴ That tends to the comfort of their eyes, and that they grieve not, and that they be pleased with what thou givest them; and God knows what is in your hearts, and God is knowing and clement.

⁵² Not lawful for thee are women thereafter,¹ nor that thou exchange² them for any wives, though their beauty please thee save what thy right hand possesses; and God is watchful over all things.

⁵³ O you who heed warning:¹ enter not the houses of the Prophet, save that leave be given to you for a meal, without watching for its hour. But when you are called, then enter; and when you have eaten, then disperse. And seek not to remain for conversation;² that hinders³ the Prophet, and he is shy of you;⁴ but God is not shy of the truth.⁵ And when you ask of his wives⁶ an item: ask it of them from behind a partition;⁷ that is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not for you to hinder⁸ the messenger of God, or to marry his wives after him ever; that were, in the sight of God, monstrous.

⁵⁴ Whether you reveal a thing or keep it secret, God is knowing of all things.

⁵⁵ There is no blame¹ upon them² concerning their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or what their right hands possess. And be in prudent fear³ of God; God is over all things, witness.

⁵⁶ God and His angels perform the duty¹ for the Prophet. O you who heed warning:² perform the duty³ for him and greet with a salutation.⁴

⁵⁷ Those who hinder¹ God and His messenger: God has cursed them in the World and the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

⁵⁸ And those who hinder¹ believing men² and believing women³ with what they have not earned:⁴ they bear a calumny and obvious sin.⁵

⁵⁹ O Prophet: say thou to thy wives, and thy daughters, and the women¹ of the believers,² that they draw down³ over them some of their garments. That will tend to them being recognised and not hindered;⁴ and God is forgiving and merciful.

⁶⁰ If the waverers¹ desist not,² and those in whose hearts is disease, and the spreaders of lies in the city, We will impel thee against them; then will they not be your neighbours therein save a little,

⁶¹ Ones cursed: wherever they are found, taken and comprehensively killed.¹

⁶² The practice¹ of God among those who passed away before[...];² and thou wilt not find for the practice³ of God any replacement.

⁶³ The people ask thee concerning the Hour. Say thou: “The knowledge thereof is but with God.”¹ And what can make thee know that the Hour might be nigh?²

⁶⁴ God has cursed the false claimers of guidance,¹ and has prepared for them an inferno,

⁶⁵ They abiding eternally therein forever; they will find no ally or helper.

⁶⁶ The day their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say: “Would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger!”¹

⁶⁷ And they will say: “Our Lord: we obeyed our masters and our great men, but they led us astray in the path.

⁶⁸ “Our Lord: give Thou them double punishment, and curse Thou them with a great curse!”

⁶⁹ O you who heed warning:¹ be not as those who hindered² Moses:³ God absolved him of what they said; and he was in the sight of God esteemed.

⁷⁰ O you who heed warning:¹ be in prudent fear² of God, and speak an apposite word.³

⁷¹ He will make right your works for you, and forgive you your transgressions.¹ And whoso obeys God and His messenger,² he has attained a great achievement.³

⁷² We presented the trust¹ to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they refused to bear it and were afraid of it; but man bore it — he is unjust and ignorant —

⁷³ That God might punish the wavering men,¹ and the wavering women,² and the idolaters,³ and the idolatresses;⁴ and that God might turn towards⁵ the believing men⁶ and the believing women.⁷ And God is forgiving and merciful.