Allah has stated concerning two of the wives of His Prophet...

Allah has stated concerning two of the wives of His Prophet: وإذ أسر النبي إلى بعض أزواجه حديثا فلما نبأت به وأظهره الله عليه عرف بعضه وأعرض عن بعض فلما نبأها به قالت من أنبأك هذا قال نبأني العليم الخبير إن تتوبا إلى الله فقد صغت قلوبكما وإن تظاهرا عليه فإن الله هو مولاه وجبريل وصالح المؤمنين والملائكة بعد ذلك ظهير عسى ربه إن طلقكن أن يبدله أزواجا خيرا منكن مسلمات مؤمنات قانتات تائبات عابدات سائحات ثيبات وأبكارا And when the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives, so when she told it, and Allah made it known to him, he informed part thereof and left a part.

Then when he told her thereof, she said, “Who told you this?” He said, “The All-Knower, the All-Aware has told me.” If you two repent to Allah, for your hearts have deviated. But if you both help each other against him , then Allah is His Helper (against you both), and Jibril, and the righteous believers, and furthermore, the angels are his helpers.

It may be if he divorced you that his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you : Muslims, believers, obedient, repentant, devoted, fasting – whether previously married or virgins.[^4] Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 H) has this exegesis: ثم خاطب عائشة وحفصة، فقال} : إن تتوبا إلى الله {أي: من التعاون على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بالإيذاء} فقد صغت قلوبكما {قال ابن عباس: زاغت، وأثمت. قال الزجاج: عدلت، وزاغت عن الحق.

قال مجاهد: كنا نرى قوله عز وجل}: فقد صغت قلوبكما {شيئا هينا حتى وجدناه في قراءة ابن مسعود: فقد زاغت قلوبكما. Then He (Allah) addresses ‘Aishah and Hafsah , saying: {If you both repent to Allah}, meaning from helping each other against the Messenger of Allah to hurt him .

{For your hearts have deviated}Ibn ‘Abbas said: “They (the hearts) deviated ( zaghat ) and committed a sin.” Al-Zajaj said, “ They (the hearts) deviated, and deviated from the Truth .” Mujahid said, “We used consider His Words, the Almighty {for your hearts have deviated} has something easy until we found it in the recitation of Ibn Mas’ud as: {for your hearts have deviated ( zaghat )}”.[^5] Imam Muslim (d.