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So We desired that their Rabb should give them in exchange (read yubaddilahumā or yubdilahumā) one better than him in purity, that is, in righteousness and Allahu ta’ālā-fearing, and closer, than him, to mercy (read ruhman or ruhuman, in other words [it is to be understood as] rahmatan, 'by way of mercy') namely, [closer to] dutifulness towards his parents. Thus Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, gave them in exchange a girl, who [afterwards] married a prophet and gave birth to a prophet through whom Allahu ta’ālā guided an entire community.