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Surah Al-Ahzab
Verse 50–52

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O Prophet ٱلنَّبِىُّ O Prophet إِنَّآ Indeed, We أَحْلَلْنَا [We] have made lawful لَكَ to you أَزْوَٰجَكَ your wives ٱلَّـٰتِىٓ (to) whom ءَاتَيْتَ you have given أُجُورَهُنَّ their bridal money وَمَا and whom مَلَكَتْ you rightfully possess يَمِينُكَ you rightfully possess مِمَّآ from those (whom) أَفَآءَ Allah has given ٱللَّهُ Allah has given عَلَيْكَ to you وَبَنَاتِ and (the) daughters عَمِّكَ (of) your paternal uncles وَبَنَاتِ and (the) daughters عَمَّـٰتِكَ (of) your paternal aunts وَبَنَاتِ and (the) daughters خَالِكَ (of) your maternal uncles وَبَنَاتِ and (the) daughters خَـٰلَـٰتِكَ (of) your maternal aunts ٱلَّـٰتِى who هَاجَرْنَ emigrated مَعَكَ with you وَٱمْرَأَةًۭ and a woman مُّؤْمِنَةً believing إِن if وَهَبَتْ she gives نَفْسَهَا herself لِلنَّبِىِّ to the Prophet إِنْ if أَرَادَ wishes ٱلنَّبِىُّ the Prophet أَن to يَسْتَنكِحَهَا marry her خَالِصَةًۭ only لَّكَ for you مِن excluding دُونِ excluding ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۗ the believers قَدْ Certainly عَلِمْنَا We know مَا what فَرَضْنَا We have made obligatory عَلَيْهِمْ upon them فِىٓ concerning أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ their wives وَمَا and whom مَلَكَتْ they rightfully possess أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ they rightfully possess لِكَيْلَا that not يَكُونَ should be عَلَيْكَ on you حَرَجٌۭ ۗ any discomfort وَكَانَ And Allah is ٱللَّهُ And Allah is غَفُورًۭا Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمًۭا Most Merciful ٥٠

O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation and those your right hand possesses from what Allāh has returned to you [of captives] 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 who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her; [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that there will be upon you no discomfort [i.e., difficulty]. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

— Come To Light

۞ تُرْجِى You may defer مَن whom تَشَآءُ you will مِنْهُنَّ of them وَتُـْٔوِىٓ or you may take إِلَيْكَ to yourself مَن whom تَشَآءُ ۖ you will وَمَنِ And whoever ٱبْتَغَيْتَ you desire مِمَّنْ of those whom عَزَلْتَ you (had) set aside فَلَا then (there is) no جُنَاحَ blame عَلَيْكَ ۚ upon you ذَٰلِكَ That أَدْنَىٰٓ (is) more suitable أَن that تَقَرَّ may be cooled أَعْيُنُهُنَّ their eyes وَلَا and not يَحْزَنَّ they grieve وَيَرْضَيْنَ and they may be pleased بِمَآ with what ءَاتَيْتَهُنَّ you have given them كُلُّهُنَّ ۚ all of them وَٱللَّهُ And Allah يَعْلَمُ knows مَا what فِى (is) in قُلُوبِكُمْ ۚ your hearts وَكَانَ And Allah is ٱللَّهُ And Allah is عَلِيمًا All-Knower حَلِيمًۭا Most Forbearing ٥١

You, [O Muḥammad], may put aside whom you will of them or take to yourself whom you will. And any that you desire of those [wives] from whom you had [temporarily] separated - there is no blame upon you [in returning her]. That is more suitable that they should be content and not grieve and that they should be satisfied with what you have given them - all of them. And Allāh knows what is in your hearts. And ever is Allāh Knowing and Forbearing.

— Come To Light

لَّا (It is) not يَحِلُّ lawful لَكَ for you ٱلنِّسَآءُ (to marry) women مِنۢ after (this) بَعْدُ after (this) وَلَآ and not أَن to تَبَدَّلَ exchange بِهِنَّ them مِنْ for أَزْوَٰجٍۢ (other) wives وَلَوْ even if أَعْجَبَكَ pleases you حُسْنُهُنَّ their beauty إِلَّا except مَا whom مَلَكَتْ you rightfully possess يَمِينُكَ ۗ you rightfully possess وَكَانَ And Allah is ٱللَّهُ And Allah is عَلَىٰ over كُلِّ all شَىْءٍۢ things رَّقِيبًۭا an Observer ٥٢

Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.

— Come To Light

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