Surah At-Tahrim 66:5 — translation and meaning

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عَسَى رَبُّهُ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُ أَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُّؤْمِنَاتٍ قَانِتَاتٍ تَائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَاتٍ سَائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَأَبْكَارًا

Word by Word

عَسَى
asa
Perhaps
رَبُّهُ
rabbuhu
his Lord
إِن
in
if
طَلَّقَكُنَّ
tallaqakunna
he divorced you
أَن
an
[that]
يُبْدِلَهُ
yub'dilahu
He will substitute for him
أَزْوَاجًا
azwajan
wives
خَيْرًا
khayran
better
مِّنكُنَّ
minkunna
than you
مُسْلِمَاتٍ
mus'limatin
submissive
مُّؤْمِنَاتٍ
mu'minatin
faithful
قَانِتَاتٍ
qanitatin
obedient
تَائِبَاتٍ
taibatin
repentant
عَابِدَاتٍ
abidatin
who worship
سَائِحَاتٍ
saihatin
who fast
ثَيِّبَاتٍ
thayyibatin
previously married
وَأَبْكَارًا
wa-abkaran
and virgins

Transliteration

'Asaa rabbuhooo in tallaqakunna anyyubdilahooo azwaajan khairam mnkunna muslimaatim mu'minaatin qaanitaatin taaa'ibaatin 'aabidaatin saaa'ihaatin saiyibaatinw wa abkaaraa

Translation

Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is very likely that if His Messenger was to divorce both of you, Allah may He be glorified will give him wives better than you, who are submissive to his instructions, believing in Allah and His Messenger, obedient to Allah, repenting of their sins, devoted to their Lord, fasting; previously married and virgins whom no one except the Messenger has touched. However, he did not divorce them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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