Surah At-Tahrim (التحريم) • The Prohibition

Quran 66:5

66:5

عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُۥٓ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُۥٓ أَزْوَٰجًا خَيْرًا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَـٰتٍ مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍ قَـٰنِتَـٰتٍ تَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍ عَـٰبِدَٰتٍ سَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍ ثَيِّبَـٰتٍ وَأَبْكَارًا

ʿasā rabbuhu in ṭallaqakunna an yub'dilahu azwājan khayran minkunna mus'limātin mu'minātin qānitātin tāibātin ʿābidātin sāiḥātin thayyibātin wa-abkāran

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 traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

— Saheeh International

His Lord may well replace you with better wives if the Prophet decides to divorce any of you: wives who are devoted to God, true believers, devout, who turn to Him in repentance and worship Him, given to fasting, whether previously married or virgins.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It may be if he divorced you (all) that his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you - Muslims (who submit to Allâh), believers, obedient (to Allâh), turning to Allâh in repentance, worshipping Allâh sincerely, given to fasting or emigrants (for Allâh’s sake), previously married and virgins.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
رَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhuhis Lord
إِنinif
طَلَّقَكُنَّṭallaqakunnahe divorced you
أَنan[that]
يُبْدِلَهُۥٓyub'dilahuHe will substitute for him
أَزْوَٰجًاazwājanwives
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
مِّنكُنَّminkunnathan you
مُسْلِمَـٰتٍۢmus'limātinsubmissive
مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢmu'minātinfaithful
قَـٰنِتَـٰتٍۢqānitātinobedient
تَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍtāibātinrepentant
عَـٰبِدَٰتٍۢʿābidātinwho worship
سَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍۢsāiḥātinwho fast
ثَيِّبَـٰتٍۢthayyibātinpreviously married
وَأَبْكَارًۭاwa-abkāranand virgins