Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:230

2:230

فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُۥ ۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

fa-in ṭallaqahā falā taḥillu lahu min baʿdu ḥattā tankiḥa zawjan ghayrahu fa-in ṭallaqahā falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā an yatarājaʿā in ẓannā an yuqīmā ḥudūda l-lahi watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi yubayyinuhā liqawmin yaʿlamūna

And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand].

— Saheeh International

If a husband re-divorces his wife after the second divorce, she will not be lawful for him until she has taken another husband; if that one divorces her, there will be no blame if she and the first husband return to one another, provided they feel that they can keep within the bounds set by God. These are God’s bounds, which He makes clear for those who know.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if he has divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she has married another husband. Then, if the other husband divorces her, it is no sin on both of them that they reunite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allâh. These are the limits of Allâh, which He makes plain for the people who have knowledge.

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

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فَإِنfa-inThen if
طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorces her
فَلَاfalāthen (she is) not
تَحِلُّtaḥillulawful
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدُbaʿduafter (that)
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَنكِحَtankiḥashe marries
زَوْجًاzawjana spouse
غَيْرَهُۥۗghayrahuother than him
فَإِنfa-inThen if
طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorces her
فَلَاfalāthen no
جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
عَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimāon them
أَنanif
يَتَرَاجَعَآyatarājaʿāthey return to each other
إِنinif
ظَنَّآẓannāthey believe
أَنanthat
يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey (will be able to) keep
حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يُبَيِّنُهَاyubayyinuhāHe makes them clear
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminto a people
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawho know