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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 229

ٱلطَّلَـٰقُ مَرَّتَانِ ۖ فَإِمْسَاكٌۢ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌۢ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِمَّآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّآ أَن يَخَافَآ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا ٱفْتَدَتْ بِهِۦ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Divorce is twice. Then [after that], either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allāh. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allāh, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allāh, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh - it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

Al-Baqarah · 2:229

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  1. ٱلطَّلَـٰقُal-ṭalāquThe divorce
  2. مَرَّتَانِ ۖmarratāni(is) twice
  3. فَإِمْسَاكٌۢfa-im'sākunThen to retain
  4. بِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin a reasonable manner
  5. أَوْawor
  6. تَسْرِيحٌۢtasrīḥunto release (her)
  7. بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness
  8. وَلَاwalāAnd (it is) not
  9. يَحِلُّyaḥillulawful
  10. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  11. أَنanthat
  12. تَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūyou take (back)
  13. مِمَّآmimmāwhatever
  14. ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
  15. شَيْـًٔاshayananything
  16. إِلَّآillāexcept
  17. أَنanif
  18. يَخَافَآyakhāfāboth fear
  19. أَلَّاallāthat not
  20. يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) keep
  21. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
  22. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
  23. فَإِنْfa-inBut if
  24. خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
  25. أَلَّاallāthat not
  26. يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) keep
  27. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
  28. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  29. فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
  30. جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
  31. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon both of them
  32. فِيمَاfīmāin what
  33. ٱفْتَدَتْif'tadatshe ransoms
  34. بِهِۦ ۗbihiconcerning it
  35. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
  36. حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
  37. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  38. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
  39. تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚtaʿtadūhātransgress them
  40. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  41. يَتَعَدَّyataʿaddatransgresses
  42. حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
  43. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  44. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  45. هُمُhumuthey
  46. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers

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