Quran 4:24 And Quran 23:6 – Different Translation For Malik-e-Yameen
Quran 4:24 relates to women prisoners ( ‘Jangi Qaidi’ ) who chose to marry Muslim men out of their freewill. This has nothing to do with slaves, it relates to the situation where already married women were captured during war, in that case, if they chose to marry any other man, they were given exception that they can if they chose to do so, in accordance with the already held custom of Arabs where previous Nikah was considered ineffective, as soon as a married woman became a war captive. مَلَکَتۡ اَیۡمَانُکُمۡ here has not been tranlated as concubines ( slave women ) because of the verse starting with وَّ الۡمُحۡصَنٰتُ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ اِلَّا which is prohibiting Nikah with women who are in someone else’s Nikah and مَلَکَتۡ اَیۡمَانُکُمۡ has been mentioned as an exception to this rule i.e. women in someone else’s Nikah can be married to if they come in one’s possession as a prisoner of war, therefore tranlsating مَلَکَتۡ اَیۡمَانُکُمۡ as concubines here would be against the rules of linguistics. Translating مَلَکَتۡ اَیۡمَانُہُمۡ in Quran 23:6 as concubines is also in coherence with the context, since here wives are mentioned as a sole candidate for intimacy with the exception of concubines that one already possesses . There is a difference between a prisoner of war and a Slave , please see: Discussion 70160 • Reply 71415 __ Please also refer to the video below from 12:02 to 13:40 https://youtu.be/hLYwl2NB3Ao?t=722