In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. O Prophet, why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the pleasure of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

2. Allah has certainly ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths; and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

3. And when the Prophet confided a statement to one of his wives, and she informed others of it, and Allah made it known to him, he made known part of it and overlooked part. And when he informed her of it, she said, "Who informed you of this?" He said, "The Knowing, the Aware informed me."

4. If you two repent to Allah, your hearts have indeed inclined; but if you support one another against him, then surely Allah is his Protector, and Gabriel, and the righteous among the believers; and the angels, moreover, are his supporters.

5. Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you, would substitute for him wives better than you — submissive, believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshiping, fasting — previously married and virgins.

6. O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones; over it are angels, stern and severe, who do not disobey Allah in what He commands them, and who do what they are commanded.

7. O you who disbelieve, make no excuses today; you are only being recompensed for what you used to do.

8. O you who believe, repent to Allah with sincere repentance; perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into Gardens beneath which rivers flow — on the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us; surely You are powerful over all things."

9. O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them; their refuge is Hell — and wretched is the destination.

10. Allah presents an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants, but they betrayed them; so they availed them nothing against Allah, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

11. And Allah presents an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me with You a house in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds, and save me from the wrongdoing people."

12. And Mary, daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into it from Our spirit; and she believed in the words of her Lord and His Books, and she was among the devoutly obedient.