Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock]: for then, behold, they are free of all blame
Arthur John Arberry
save from their wives and what their right hands own then being not blameworth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are free from blame
Arabic
إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ ٦
Transliteration (2021)
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn