Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 237
وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allāh, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
Word by word
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّṭallaqtumūhunnayou divorce them
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِqablibefore
- أَنan[that]
- تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou (have) touched them
- وَقَدْwaqadwhile already
- فَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtumyou have specified
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatanan obligation (dower)
- فَنِصْفُfaniṣ'futhen (give) half
- مَاmā(of) what
- فَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtumyou have specified
- إِلَّآillāunless
- أَنan[that]
- يَعْفُونَyaʿfūnathey (women) forgo (it)
- أَوْawor
- يَعْفُوَا۟yaʿfuwāforgoes
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one
- بِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiin whose hands
- عُقْدَةُʿuq'datu(is the) knot
- ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚl-nikāḥi(of) the marriage
- وَأَنwa-anAnd that
- تَعْفُوٓا۟taʿfūyou forgo
- أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearer
- لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚlilttaqwāto [the] righteousness
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَنسَوُا۟tansawūforget
- ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe graciousness
- بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbaynakumamong you
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
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