and lo thou didst say unto the one to whom god had shown favour and to whom thou hadst shown favour hold on to thy wife and remain conscious of god! and wouldst thou hide within thyself something that god was about to bring to light for thou didst stand in awe of people whereas it was god alone of whom thou shouldst have stood in awe! then when zayd had come to the end of his union with her we gave her to thee in marriage so that no blame should attach to the be­lievers for the spouses of their adopted children when the latter have come to the end of their union with them. and gods will was done.
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