1. O you prophet,
why do you prohibit what God has made lawful for you, seeking to please your
wives? God is Forgiver, Merciful.
2. God has decreed for you the laws dealing with your oaths. God is your Lord,
and He is the Knowledgeable, the Wise.
3. The prophet had trusted some of his wives with a certain statement, then
one of them spread it, and God let him know about it. He then informed his wife
of part of the issue, and disregarded part. She said: "Who informed you
of this?" He said: "I was informed by the Knowledgeable, the Expert"
4. If the two of you repent to God, then your hearts have listened. But if you
band together against him, then God is his ally, and so are Gabriel and the
righteous believers. Also, the Angels are his helpers.
5. If he divorces you, his Lord will substitute other wives in your place who
are better than you; compliant, believers, obedient, repentant, worshipping,
pious, either previously married, or virgins.
6. O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from a fire whose
fuel is people and rocks. Guarding it are stern and powerful Angels who never
disobey God; they do whatever they are commanded to do.
7. O you who have rejected, do not apologize today. You are being requited only
for what you did.
8. O you who believe, you shall repent to God a firm repentance. Your Lord will
then remit your sins and admit you into gardens with flowing streams. On that
day, God will not disappoint the prophet and those who believed with him. Their
light will radiate in front of them and to their right. They will say: our Lord,
perfect our light for us, and forgive us; You are Omnipotent"
9. O prophet, strive against the rejecters and the hypocrites and be stern with
them. Their abode is Hell, and a miserable destiny.
10. God cites as examples of those who have rejected, the wife of Noah and the
wife of Lot. They were married to two of our righteous servants, but they betrayed
them and, consequently, they could not help them at all against God. The two
of them were told: "Enter the fire with those who will enter it"
11. And God cites as an example of those who believed the wife of Pharaoh. She
said: "My Lord, build a home for me at You in Paradise, and save me from
Pharaoh and his works; save me from the transgressing people"
12. Also Mary, the daughter of Imran. She maintained her chastity, then we blew
into her from our spirit. She believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures;
she was obedient.