Surah 4:26
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يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡ وَيَهۡدِيَكُمۡ سُنَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ
God wishes to make (things) clear to you, and to guide you in the customary ways of those who were before you, and to turn toward you (in forgiveness). God is knowing, wise.
وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيۡلًا عَظِيمٗا
God wishes to turn toward you (in forgiveness), but those who follow (their) lusts wish you to swerve far away.
يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمۡۚ وَخُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ ضَعِيفٗا
God wishes to lighten (your burdens) for you, (for) the human was created weak.
Allah explains to the believers what He has allowed and prohibited for them in this and other Surahs,
meaning their righteous ways and how to adhere to the commandments that He likes and is pleased with.
{and accept your repentance} from sin and error,
in His commands, decrees, actions and statements. Allah’s statement,
indicates that the followers of Shaytan among the Jews, Christians and the adulterous, wish that you would take the horrendous path of falsehood instead of the truth.
His legislation, orders, what He prohibits and what He decrees for you. This is why Allah has allowed free men to marry slave girls under certain conditions, as Mujahid and others have stated.
and this is why it is suitable in his case that the commands are made easy for him, because of his weakness and feebleness.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Tawus said that,
{and man was created weak}, “Concerning women”. Waki' said, “Man’s mind leaves when women are involved.”
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 2, Page 429-430)