Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 232
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَن يَنكِحْنَ أَزْوَٰجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَٰضَوْا۟ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ مِنكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they [i.e., all parties] agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allāh and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allāh knows and you know not.
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou divorce
- ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] women
- فَبَلَغْنَfabalaghnaand they reached
- أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (waiting) term
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnahinder them
- أَنan[that]
- يَنكِحْنَyankiḥ'na(from) marrying
- أَزْوَٰجَهُنَّazwājahunnatheir husbands
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- تَرَٰضَوْا۟tarāḍawthey agree
- بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween themselves
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗbil-maʿrūfiin a fair manner
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- يُوعَظُyūʿaẓuis admonished
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- مَنmanwhoever
- كَانَkāna[is]
- مِنكُمْminkumamong you
- يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗl-ākhiri[the] Last
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat
- أَزْكَىٰazkā(is) more virtuous
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَأَطْهَرُ ۗwa-aṭharuand more purer
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
- لَاlā(do) not
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
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