Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
O Herald of the Hidden! We have indeed made
lawful for you the wives to whom you have paid their bridal money, and
the bondwomen you possess whom Allah gave you as war booty, and the daughters
of your paternal uncles, and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and
the daughters of your maternal uncles, and the daughters of your maternal
aunts, those who migrated with you; and the believing woman if she gifts
her life to the Prophet, if the Prophet desires to take her in marriage;
this is exclusively for you, not for your followers; We indeed know what
We have enjoined upon the Muslims concerning their wives and the bondwomen
they possess - this exclusivity for you is so that you may not have constraints;
and Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.