you said to the man who had been favoured by god and by you keep your wife to yourself and have fear of god. you sought to hide in your heart what god wished to reveal. you were afraid of people whereas it would have been more proper to fear god. when zayd divorced his wife we gave her to you in marriage so that there should be no restriction on believers marrying the spouses of their adopted sons when they have divorced them. the commandment of god must 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