Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:234

2:234

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

wa-alladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna azwājan yatarabbaṣna bi-anfusihinna arbaʿata ashhurin waʿashran fa-idhā balaghna ajalahunna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā faʿalna fī anfusihinna bil-maʿrūfi wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrun

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.

— Saheeh International

If any of you die and leave widows, the widows should wait for four months and ten nights before remarrying. When they have completed this set time, you will not be blamed for anything they may reasonably choose to do with themselves. God is fully aware of what you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those of you who die and leave wives behind them, they (the wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage) for four months and ten days, then when they have fulfilled their term, there is no sin on you if they (the wives) dispose of themselves in a just and honourable manner (i.e. they can marry). And Allâh is Well-Acquainted with what you do.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawnapass away
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūnaand leave behind
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanwives
يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣna(the widows) should wait
بِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnafor themselves
أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(for) four
أَشْهُرٍۢashhurinmonths
وَعَشْرًۭاۖwaʿashranand ten (days)
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
بَلَغْنَbalaghnathey reach
أَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (specified) term
فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
جُنَاحَjunāḥablame
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
فِيمَاfīmāfor what
فَعَلْنَfaʿalnathey do
فِىٓfīconcerning
أَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinnathemselves
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِۗbil-maʿrūfiin a fair manner
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware