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  7. Verse 237

Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:237

2:237

وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

wa-in ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli an tamassūhunna waqad faraḍtum lahunna farīḍatan faniṣ'fu mā faraḍtum illā an yaʿfūna aw yaʿfuwā alladhī biyadihi ʿuq'datu l-nikāḥi wa-an taʿfū aqrabu lilttaqwā walā tansawū l-faḍla baynakum inna l-laha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

If you divorce wives before consummating the marriage but after fixing a bride-gift for them, then give them half of what you had previously fixed, unless they waive [their right], or unless the one who holds the marriage tie waives [his right]. Waiving [your right] is nearer to godliness, so do not forget to be generous towards one another: God sees what you do.

And if you divorce them before you have touched (had a sexual relation with) them, and you have appointed unto them the Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), then pay half of that (Mahr), unless they (the women) agree to forego it, or he (the husband), in whose hands is the marriage tie, agrees to forego and give her full appointed Mahr. And to forego and give (her the full Mahr) is nearer to At-Taqwa (piety, righteousness). And do not forget liberality between yourselves. Truly, Allâh is All-Seer of what you do.

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وَإِنwa-inAnd if
طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّṭallaqtumūhunnayou divorce them
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou (have) touched them
وَقَدْwaqadwhile already
فَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtum
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you have specified
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatanan obligation (dower)
فَنِصْفُfaniṣ'futhen (give) half
مَاmā(of) what
فَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtumyou have specified
إِلَّآillāunless
أَنan[that]
يَعْفُونَyaʿfūnathey (women) forgo (it)
أَوْawor
يَعْفُوَا۟yaʿfuwāforgoes
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one
بِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiin whose hands
عُقْدَةُʿuq'datu(is the) knot
ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚl-nikāḥi(of) the marriage
وَأَنwa-anAnd that
تَعْفُوٓا۟taʿfūyou forgo
أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearer
لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚlilttaqwāto [the] righteousness
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَنسَوُا۟tansawūforget
ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe graciousness
بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbaynakumamong you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:237 — Quran 2:237 | Ummatey