Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 234
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَٰجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ۖ فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.
Al-Baqarah · 2:234
Word by word
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- يُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawnapass away
- مِنكُمْminkumamong you
- وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūnaand leave behind
- أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanwives
- يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣna(the widows) should wait
- بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnafor themselves
- أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(for) four
- أَشْهُرٍۢashhurinmonths
- وَعَشْرًۭا ۖwaʿashranand ten (days)
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
- بَلَغْنَbalaghnathey reach
- أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (specified) term
- فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
- جُنَاحَjunāḥablame
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- فِيمَاfīmāfor what
- فَعَلْنَfaʿalnathey do
- فِىٓfīconcerning
- أَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinnathemselves
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗbil-maʿrūfiin a fair manner
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
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