Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

37 When you said to him whom Allah had blessed,
and whom you [too] had blessed,
‘Retain your wife for yourself,
and be wary of Allah,’
and you had hidden in your heart
what Allah was to divulge,
and you feared the people
though Allah is worthier that you should fear Him,
so when Zayd had got through with her,
We wedded her to you,
so that there may be no blame on the faithful
in respect of the wives of their adopted sons,
when the latter have got through with them,
and Allah’s command is bound to be fulfilled.
38 There is no blame on the Prophet
in respect of that which Allah has made lawful for him:¹
Allah’s precedent with those who passed away earlier
— and Allah’s commands
are ordained by a precise ordaining —
39 such as deliver the messages of Allah
and fear Him,
and fear no one except Allah,
and Allah suffices as reckoner.

40 Muhammad is not the father of any man among you,
but he is the Apostle of Allah
and the Seal of the Prophets,
and Allah has knowledge of all things.