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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 228

وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٍ ۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوٓا۟ إِصْلَـٰحًا ۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Al-Baqarah · 2:228

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  1. وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُwal-muṭalaqātuAnd the women who are divorced
  2. يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣnashall wait
  3. بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnaconcerning themselves
  4. ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) three
  5. قُرُوٓءٍۢ ۚqurūinmonthly periods
  6. وَلَاwalāAnd (it is) not
  7. يَحِلُّyaḥillulawful
  8. لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
  9. أَنanthat
  10. يَكْتُمْنَyaktum'nathey conceal
  11. مَاmāwhat
  12. خَلَقَkhalaqa(has been) created
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  14. فِىٓfīin
  15. أَرْحَامِهِنَّarḥāmihinnatheir wombs
  16. إِنinif
  17. كُنَّkunnathey
  18. يُؤْمِنَّyu'minnabelieve
  19. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  20. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
  21. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚl-ākhiri[the] Last
  22. وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّwabuʿūlatuhunnaAnd their husbands
  23. أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(have) better right
  24. بِرَدِّهِنَّbiraddihinnato take them back
  25. فِىfīin
  26. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (period)
  27. إِنْinif
  28. أَرَادُوٓا۟arādūthey wish
  29. إِصْلَـٰحًۭا ۚiṣ'lāḥan(for) reconciliation
  30. وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them
  31. مِثْلُmith'lu(is the) like
  32. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
  33. عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna(is) on them
  34. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚbil-maʿrūfiin a reasonable manner
  35. وَلِلرِّجَالِwalilrrijāliand for the men
  36. عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaover them
  37. دَرَجَةٌۭ ۗdarajatun(is) a degree
  38. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  39. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
  40. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

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