Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:35

4:35

وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَٱبْعَثُوا۟ حَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِۦ وَحَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن يُرِيدَآ إِصْلَـٰحًا يُوَفِّقِ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًا

wa-in khif'tum shiqāqa baynihimā fa-ib'ʿathū ḥakaman min ahlihi waḥakaman min ahlihā in yurīdā iṣ'lāḥan yuwaffiqi l-lahu baynahumā inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman khabīran

And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allāh will cause it between them. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Aware.

— Saheeh International

If you [believers] fear that a couple may break up, appoint one arbiter from his family and one from hers. Then, if the couple want to put things right, God will bring about a reconciliation between them: He is all knowing, all aware.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you fear a breach between them twain (the man and his wife), appoint (two) arbitrators, one from his family and the other from her’s; if they both wish for peace, Allâh will cause their reconciliation. Indeed Allâh is Ever All-Knower, Well-Acquainted with all things.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
شِقَاقَshiqāqaa dissension
بَيْنِهِمَاbaynihimābetween (the) two of them
فَٱبْعَثُوا۟fa-ib'ʿathūthen send
حَكَمًۭاḥakamanan arbitrator
مِّنْminfrom
أَهْلِهِۦahlihihis family
وَحَكَمًۭاwaḥakamanand an arbitrator
مِّنْminfrom
أَهْلِهَآahlihāher family
إِنinIf
يُرِيدَآyurīdāthey both wish
إِصْلَـٰحًۭاiṣ'lāḥanreconciliation
يُوَفِّقِyuwaffiqiwill cause reconciliation
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بَيْنَهُمَآۗbaynahumābetween both of them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower
خَبِيرًۭاkhabīranAll-Aware