Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:228

2:228

وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٍ ۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوٓا۟ إِصْلَـٰحًا ۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

wal-muṭalaqātu yatarabbaṣna bi-anfusihinna thalāthata qurūin walā yaḥillu lahunna an yaktum'na mā khalaqa l-lahu fī arḥāmihinna in kunna yu'minna bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wabuʿūlatuhunna aḥaqqu biraddihinna fī dhālika in arādū iṣ'lāḥan walahunna mith'lu alladhī ʿalayhinna bil-maʿrūfi walilrrijāli ʿalayhinna darajatun wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

Divorced women must wait for three monthly periods before remarrying, and, if they really believe in God and the Last Day, it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs: their husbands would do better to take them back during this period, provided they wish to put things right. Wives have [rights] similar to their [obligations], according to what is recognized to be fair, and husbands have a degree [of right] over them: [both should remember that] God is almighty and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And divorced women shall wait (as regards their marriage) for three menstrual periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allâh has created in their wombs, if they believe in Allâh and the Last Day. And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation. And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable, but men have a degree (of responsibility) over them. And Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُwal-muṭalaqātuAnd the women who are divorced
يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣnashall wait
بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnaconcerning themselves
ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) three
قُرُوٓءٍۢۚqurūinmonthly periods
وَلَاwalāAnd (it is) not
يَحِلُّyaḥillulawful
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
أَنanthat
يَكْتُمْنَyaktum'nathey conceal
مَاmāwhat
خَلَقَkhalaqa(has been) created
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
فِىٓfīin
أَرْحَامِهِنَّarḥāmihinnatheir wombs
إِنinif
كُنَّkunnathey
يُؤْمِنَّyu'minnabelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِۚl-ākhiri[the] Last
وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّwabuʿūlatuhunnaAnd their husbands
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(have) better right
بِرَدِّهِنَّbiraddihinnato take them back
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (period)
إِنْinif
أَرَادُوٓا۟arādūthey wish
إِصْلَـٰحًۭاۚiṣ'lāḥan(for) reconciliation
وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them
مِثْلُmith'lu(is the) like
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna(is) on them
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِۚbil-maʿrūfiin a reasonable manner
وَلِلرِّجَالِwalilrrijāliand for the men
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaover them
دَرَجَةٌۭۗdarajatun(is) a degree
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise