66:1  Prophet, why do you prohibit what God has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? God is the Most Forgiving, the Mercy Giver.

66:2  God has already ordained for you [believers) to release you from such oaths. God is your protector and He is the All-knowing, the All-Wise.

66:3  The Prophet told something in confidence to one of his wives. But when she disclosed it [to another wife], God made it known to him; he confirmed part of it, and ignored another part. Then when he confronted her with it, she asked, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the All-knowing, the All-Aware."

66:4  You two [wives] need to repent to God, for your hearts have clearly deviated. But if you band together against him, then God is his protector, as is Gabriel and the righteous believers. In addition, the angels will come to his support.

66:5  Perhaps if he divorced you, his Lord will give him wives better than you: submissive to God, believing, obedient, repentant, worshipping, who fast much; previously married as well as virgins.

66:6  Believers, safeguard yourselves and your families from a Fire fueled by people and stones. fierce and powerful angels stand over it. They never disobey God’s commands to them, but do as they are commanded.

66:7  Unbelievers make no excuses today. You are only being repaid for what you used to do.

66:8  Believers, turn to God in sincere repentance. Your Lord may remove your sins, and admit you into Gardens with rivers flowing through them, on the Day when God will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them, and to their right, they will say, "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us. You are able to do all things."

66:9  Prophet, strive against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh with them. Hell will be their dwelling. What a miserable destination.

66:10  God has given an example to those who reject the truth: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were married to two of Our righteous worshipers but they betrayed them. They were not able to help them at all with God, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who are entering."

66:11  And God has given an example to those who believed: Pharaoh’s wife, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You, a house in Paradise, and rescue me from Pharaoh and his works and save me from the unjust people."

66:12  And the example of Mary, Imran’s daughter, who guarded her chastity. So We breathed into her from Our Spirit; and she believed in her Lord’s Words and His Books, and was one of the devoutly obedient.