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At-Tahrim 5

Ayah 5 of 12 · Medinan

عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُۥٓ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبۡدِلَهُۥٓ أَزۡوَٰجًا خَيۡرٗا مِّنكُنَّ مُسۡلِمَٰتٖ مُّؤۡمِنَٰتٖ قَٰنِتَٰتٖ تَٰٓئِبَٰتٍ عَٰبِدَٰتٖ سَٰٓئِحَٰتٖ ثَيِّبَٰتٖ وَأَبۡكَارٗا ٥

Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allāh], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling1 - [ones] previously married and virgins.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Emigrating for the cause of Allāh. Another meaning is "given to fasting."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. عَسَىٰPerhapsʿasā
  2. رَبُّهُۥٓhis Lordrabbuhu
  3. إِنifin
  4. طَلَّقَكُنَّhe divorced youṭallaqakunna
  5. أَن[that]an
  6. يُبۡدِلَهُۥٓHe will substitute for himyub'dilahu
  7. أَزۡوَٰجًاwivesazwājan
  8. خَيۡرٗاbetterkhayran
  9. مِّنكُنَّthan youminkunna
  10. مُسۡلِمَٰتٖsubmissivemus'limātin
  11. مُّؤۡمِنَٰتٖfaithfulmu'minātin
  12. قَٰنِتَٰتٖobedientqānitātin
  13. تَٰٓئِبَٰتٍrepentanttāibātin
  14. عَٰبِدَٰتٖwho worshipʿābidātin
  15. سَٰٓئِحَٰتٖwho fastsāiḥātin
  16. ثَيِّبَٰتٖpreviously marriedthayyibātin
  17. وَأَبۡكَارٗاand virginswa-abkāran

Tafsir

It is very likely that if His Messenger was to divorce both of you, Allah may He be glorified will give him wives better than you, who are submissive to his instructions, believing in Allah and His Messenger, obedient to Allah, repenting of their sins, devoted to their Lord, fasting; previously married and virgins whom no one except the Messenger has touched. However, he did not divorce them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran