Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:236

2:236

لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

lā junāḥa ʿalaykum in ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa mā lam tamassūhunna aw tafriḍū lahunna farīḍatan wamattiʿūhunna ʿalā l-mūsiʿi qadaruhu waʿalā l-muq'tiri qadaruhu matāʿan bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-muḥ'sinīna

There is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.

— Saheeh International

You will not be blamed if you divorce women when you have not yet consummated the marriage or fixed a bride-gift for them, but make fair provision for them, the rich according to his means and the poor according to his- this is a duty for those who do good.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There is no sin on you, if you divorce women while yet you have not touched (had sexual relation with) them, nor appointed unto them their Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage). But bestow on them (a suitable gift), the rich according to his means, and the poor according to his means, a gift of reasonable amount is a duty on the doers of good.

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

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لَّاlā(There is) no
جُنَاحَjunāḥablame
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
إِنinif
طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou divorce
ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] women
مَاmāwhom
لَمْlamnot
تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou have touched
أَوْawnor
تَفْرِضُوا۟tafriḍūyou specified
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
فَرِيضَةًۭۚfarīḍatanan obligation (dower)
وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّwamattiʿūhunnaAnd make provision for them
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلْمُوسِعِl-mūsiʿithe wealthy
قَدَرُهُۥqadaruhuaccording to his means
وَعَلَىwaʿalāand upon
ٱلْمُقْتِرِl-muq'tirithe poor
قَدَرُهُۥqadaruhuaccording to his means
مَتَـٰعًۢاmatāʿana provision
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِۖbil-maʿrūfiin a fair manner
حَقًّاḥaqqana duty
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers