when you said to him whom allah had blessed and whom you 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 allahs command is bound to be fulfilled.
وإذ تقول للذي أنعم الله عليه وأنعمت عليه أمسك عليك زوجك واتق الله وتخفي في نفسك ما الله مبديه وتخشى الناس والله أحق أن تخشاه فلما قضى زيد منها وطرا زوجناكها لكي لا يكون على المؤمنين حرج في أزواج أدعيائهم إذا قضوا منهن وطرا وكان أمر الله مفعولا