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.
و آن‌گاه كه به آن كس كه خدا نعمتش داده بود و تو در حق او احسان كرده بودى [فرزند خوانده‌ات زيد]، گفتى: همسرت را نگاه دار و از خدا پروا بدار، و چيزى را كه خدا عيان كننده‌ى آن بود در ضمير خويش نهان مى‌داشتى، و از مردم مى‌ترسيدى، و خدا سزاوارتر است كه ا