Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:232

2:232

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

wa-idhā ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa fabalaghna ajalahunna falā taʿḍulūhunna an yankiḥ'na azwājahunna idhā tarāḍaw baynahum bil-maʿrūfi dhālika yūʿaẓu bihi man kāna minkum yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri dhālikum azkā lakum wa-aṭharu wal-lahu yaʿlamu wa-antum lā taʿlamūna

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.

— Saheeh International

When you divorce women and they have reached their set time, do not prevent them from remarrying their husbands if they both agree to do so in a fair manner. Let those of you who believe in God and the Last Day take this to heart: that is more wholesome and purer for you. God knows and you do not.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when you have divorced women and they have fulfilled the term of their prescribed period, do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if they mutually agree on reasonable basis. This (instruction) is an admonition for him among you who believes in Allâh and the Last Day. That is more virtuous and purer for you. Allâh knows and you know not.

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

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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
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِۗbil-maʿrūfiin a fair manner
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
يُوعَظُyūʿaẓuis admonished
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنmanwhoever
كَانَkāna[is]
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِۗl-ākhiri[the] Last
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat
أَزْكَىٰazkā(is) more virtuous
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَأَطْهَرُۗwa-aṭharuand more purer
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
لَاlā(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow