Surah Al-Ahzab Ayat 37

Selanjutnya dalam ayat ini, Allah memperingatkan Nabi-Nya bahwa apa-apa yang terjadi antara Zaid bin haritsah dengan Zainab binti Jahsy itu adalah untuk menguatkan keimanan beliau dengan menegaskan kebenaran dan menghilangkan keragu-raguan dari hati orang-orang yang lemah imannya. Allah menyuruh Rasul-Nya supaya memperhatikan ucapannya ketika beliau berkata kepada Zaid bin haritsah, "Tahanlah terus istrimu dan bertakwalah kepada Allah, dan janganlah berpisah dengannya disebabkan kesombongan atau keangkuhannya karena keturunan, sebab perceraian itu akan mengakibatkan noda yang sulit untuk dihapus." Nabi sendiri telah mengetahui bahwa Zaid pada akhirnya pasti akan bercerai dengan Zainab. Beliau merasa berat jika hal tersebut menjadi kenyataan, sebab akan menimbulkan berbagai macam tanggapan di kalangan masyarakat. Nabi menyembunyikan di dalam hatinya apa yang Allah nyatakan, karena Nabi sendiri menyadari bahwa beliau sendiri harus dijadikan teladan oleh seluruh umatnya untuk melaksanakan perintah Allah walaupun dengan mengorbankan perasaan. Menurut naluri, manusia biasanya takut kepada sesama manusia, padahal Allah yang lebih berhak untuk ditakuti. Beliau membayangkan bahwa apabila beliau menikah dengan Zainab, bekas istri anak angkatnya, hal itu pasti akan menjadi buah bibir di kalangan bangsa Arab, karena sejak zaman Jahiliah mereka memandang bahwa anak angkat itu sama dengan anak kandung, sehingga mereka melarang menikahi bekas istri anak angkat.

And when idh is dependent because of an implied preceding udhkur ‘mention when’ you said to him to whom God had shown favour by guiding him to Islam and to whom you too had shown favour by manumitting him — this was Zayd b. Hāritha who had been a prisoner of war before the coming of Islam in the period of al-jāhiliyya. The Messenger of God s purchased him before his call to prophethood and then manumitted him and adopted him as his son — ‘Retain your wife for yourself and fear God’ before divorcing her. But you had hidden in your heart what God was to disclose what He was to manifest of your love for her and of the fact that should Zayd part with her you would marry her and you feared people would say ‘He has married his son’s wife!’ though God is worthier that you should fear Him in all things so take her in marriage and do not be concerned with what people say. Zayd subsequently divorced her and her obligatory waiting period was completed. God exalted be He says So when Zayd had fulfilled whatever need he had of her We joined her in marriage to you — the Prophet consummated his marriage with her without the customary permission from her legal guardian and gratified the Muslims with a feast of bread and meat — so that there may not be any restriction for the believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons when the latter have fulfilled whatever wish they have of them. And God’s commandment that which He has decreed is bound to be realised.