Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 231
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِّتَعْتَدُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allāh in jest. And remember the favor of Allāh upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the Prophet's sunnah] by which He instructs you. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is Knowing of all things.
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou divorce
- ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe women
- فَبَلَغْنَfabalaghnaand they reach
- أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (waiting) term
- فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen retain them
- بِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin a fair manner
- أَوْawor
- سَرِّحُوهُنَّsarriḥūhunnarelease them
- بِمَعْرُوفٍۢ ۚbimaʿrūfinin a fair manner
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُمْسِكُوهُنَّtum'sikūhunnaretain them
- ضِرَارًۭاḍirāran(to) hurt
- لِّتَعْتَدُوا۟ ۚlitaʿtadūso that you transgress
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَفْعَلْyafʿaldoes
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed
- ظَلَمَẓalamahe wronged
- نَفْسَهُۥ ۚnafsahuhimself
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
- ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- هُزُوًۭا ۚhuzuwan(in) jest
- وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember
- نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) Favors
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- وَمَآwamāand what
- أَنزَلَanzala(is) revealed
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- وَٱلْحِكْمَةِwal-ḥik'matiand [the] wisdom
- يَعِظُكُمyaʿiẓukumHe instructs you
- بِهِۦ ۚbihiwith it
- وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
- أَنَّannathat
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah (is)
- بِكُلِّbikulliof every
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower
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