عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُۥٓ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُۥٓ أَزْوَٰجًا خَيْرًا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَٰتٍ مُّؤْمِنَٰتٍ قَٰنِتَٰتٍ …

Quran 66:5 is ayah 5 of Surah At-Tahrim (“The Prohibition”), a Medinan surah of 12 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 560 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 28
Hizb 56
Page 560
Ruku 1
Revealed Medina

66:5

عَسَىٰرَبُّهُۥٓإِنطَلَّقَكُنَّأَنيُبْدِلَهُۥٓأَزْوَٰجًاخَيْرًامِّنكُنَّمُسْلِمَٰتٍمُّؤْمِنَٰتٍقَٰنِتَٰتٍتَٰٓئِبَٰتٍعَٰبِدَٰتٍسَٰٓئِحَٰتٍثَيِّبَٰتٍوَأَبْكَارًا٥

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.(5)

Word by word

عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
رَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhuhis Lord
إِنinif
طَلَّقَكُنَّṭallaqakunnahe divorced you
أَنan[that]
يُبْدِلَهُۥٓyub'dilahuHe will substitute for him
أَزْوَٰجًاazwājanwives
خَيْرًاkhayranbetter
مِّنكُنَّminkunnathan you
مُسْلِمَٰتٍmus'limātinsubmissive
مُّؤْمِنَٰتٍmu'minātinfaithful
قَٰنِتَٰتٍqānitātinobedient
تَٰٓئِبَٰتٍtāibātinrepentant
عَٰبِدَٰتٍʿābidātinwho worship
سَٰٓئِحَٰتٍsāiḥātinwho fast
ثَيِّبَٰتٍthayyibātinpreviously married
وَأَبْكَارًاwa-abkāranand virgins

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