«وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا»
“It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when God and His Messenger have decided a matter ...” (al-Aḥzāb 33:36, excerpt)
The visible wording establishes a general principle concerning divine and prophetic direction. The traditional historical setting also connects the passage to an episode involving Zaynab and her family.
Ignoring the occasion loses part of the passage’s immediate force; limiting the statement to that occasion alone loses the generality conveyed by its words. The interpretive point is to recognize both the general instruction and the indirect reference without confusing them.