عَسَىٰ
رَبُّهُۥٓ
إِن
طَلَّقَكُنَّ
أَن
يُبۡدِلَهُۥٓ
أَزۡوَٰجًا
خَيۡرٗا
مِّنكُنَّ
مُسۡلِمَٰتٖ
مُّؤۡمِنَٰتٖ
قَٰنِتَٰتٖ
تَٰٓئِبَٰتٍ
عَٰبِدَٰتٖ
سَٰٓئِحَٰتٖ
ثَيِّبَٰتٖ
وَأَبۡكَارٗا
٥
Perhaps, if he were to divorce you ˹all˺, his Lord would replace you with better wives who are submissive ˹to Allah˺, faithful ˹to Him˺, devout, repentant, dedicated to worship and fasting—previously married or virgins.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allāh], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling1 - [ones] previously married and virgins.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Al-Madinah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Allah censures His Prophet for prohibiting Himself from what He has allowed for him in the Book
Al-Bukhari recorded that `Ubayd bin `Umayr said that he heard `A'ishah c
…Which was revealed in Al-Madinah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.