The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
Page #423
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وَإِذْ
تَقُولُ
لِلَّذِي
أَنْعَمَ
اللَّهُ
عَلَيْهِ
وَأَنْعَمْتَ
عَلَيْهِ
أَمْسِكْ
عَلَيْكَ
زَوْجَكَ
وَاتَّقِ
اللَّهَ
وَتُخْفِي
فِي
نَفْسِكَ
مَا
اللَّهُ
مُبْدِيهِ
وَتَخْشَى
النَّاسَ
وَاللَّهُ
أَحَقُّ
أَن
تَخْشَاهُ
فَلَمَّا
قَضَى
زَيْدٌ
مِّنْهَا
وَطَرًا
زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا
لِكَيْ
لَا
يَكُونَ
عَلَى
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
حَرَجٌ
فِي
أَزْوَاجِ
أَدْعِيَائِهِمْ
إِذَا
قَضَوْا
مِنْهُنَّ
وَطَرًا
وَكَانَ
أَمْرُ
اللَّهِ
مَفْعُولًا
wa-ʾidh taqūlu li-lladhī ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayhi wa-ʾanʿamta ʿalayhi ʾamsik ʿalayka zawjaka wa-ttaqi llāha wa-tukhfī fī nafsika mā llāhu mubdīhi wa-takhshā n-nāsa wa-llāhu ʾaḥaqqu ʾan takhshāhu fa-lammā qaḍā zaydun minhā waṭaran zawwajnākahā li-kay lā yakūna ʿalā l-muʾminīna ḥarajun fī ʾazwāji ʾadʿiyāʾihim ʾidhā qaḍaw minhunna waṭaran wa-kāna ʾamru llāhi mafʿūlan
When you said to him whom Allah had blessed, and whom you [too] had blessed, ‘Retain your wife for yourself, and be wary of Allah,’ and you had hidden in your heart what Allah was to divulge, and you feared the people though Allah is worthier that you should fear Him, so when Zayd had got through with her, We wedded her to you, so that there may be no blame on the faithful in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have got through with them, and Allah’s command is bound to be fulfilled.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah." But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And Allah's command must be fulfilled.
