Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:49

33:49

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā nakaḥtumu l-mu'mināti thumma ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli an tamassūhunna famā lakum ʿalayhinna min ʿiddatin taʿtaddūnahā famattiʿūhunna wasarriḥūhunna sarāḥan jamīlan

O you who have believed, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them [i.e., consummated the marriage], then there is not for you any waiting period to count concerning them. So provide for them and give them a gracious release.

— Saheeh International

Believers, you have no right to expect a waiting period when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them: make provision for them and release them in an honourable way.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them before you have sexual intercourse with them, no ‘Iddah [divorce prescribed period, see (V.65:4)] have you to count in respect of them. So give them a present, and set them free (i.e. divorce), in a handsome manner.

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِذَاidhāWhen
نَكَحْتُمُnakaḥtumuyou marry
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'minātibelieving women
ثُمَّthummaand then
طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّṭallaqtumūhunnadivorce them
مِنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
تَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou have touched them
فَمَاfamāthen not
لَكُمْlakumfor you
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaon them
مِنْminany
عِدَّةٍۢʿiddatinwaiting period
تَعْتَدُّونَهَاۖtaʿtaddūnahā(to) count concerning them
فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّfamattiʿūhunnaSo provide for them
وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّwasarriḥūhunnaand release them
سَرَاحًۭاsarāḥan(with) a release
جَمِيلًۭاjamīlangood