5332 See n. 5330 above. 5333 Such words are false in fact and iniquitous, inasmuch as they are unfair to the wife and unseemly in decent society. 5334 Cf.
4:99 and
22:60. Were it not that Allah in His Mercy makes allowances for our weaknesses and the various grades of motives that actuate us, such conduct would be inexpiable. But He prescribes expiation as in the next verse, because He wishes to blot out what is wrong and give us a chance to reform by His forgiveness.