Surah At-Talaq (الطلاق) • The Divorce

Quran 65:1

65:1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ ۖ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَـٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ لَا تَدْرِى لَعَلَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرًا

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu idhā ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa faṭalliqūhunna liʿiddatihinna wa-aḥṣū l-ʿidata wa-ittaqū l-laha rabbakum lā tukh'rijūhunna min buyūtihinna walā yakhruj'na illā an yatīna bifāḥishatin mubayyinatin watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi waman yataʿadda ḥudūda l-lahi faqad ẓalama nafsahu lā tadrī laʿalla l-laha yuḥ'dithu baʿda dhālika amran

O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allāh, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allāh will bring about after that a [different] matter.

— Saheeh International

Prophet, when any of you intend to divorce women, do so at a time when their prescribed waiting period can properly start, and calculate the period carefully: be mindful of God, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their homes––nor should they themselves leave––unless they commit a flagrant indecency. These are the limits set by God–– whoever oversteps God’s limits wrongs his own soul––for you cannot know what new situation God may perhaps bring about.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)! When you divorce women, divorce them at their ‘Iddah (prescribed periods) and count (accurately) their ‘Iddah (periods). And fear Allâh your Lord (O Muslims). And turn them not out of their (husband’s) homes nor shall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open illegal sexual intercourse. And those are the set limits of Allâh. And whosoever transgresses the set limits of Allâh, then indeed he has wronged himself. You (the one who divorces his wife) know not it may be that Allâh will afterward bring some new thing to pass (i.e. to return her back to you if that was the first or second divorce).

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

Juz 28Page 558medinan

Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
إِذَاidhāWhen
طَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou divorce
ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] women
فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّfaṭalliqūhunnathen divorce them
لِعِدَّتِهِنَّliʿiddatihinnafor their waiting period
وَأَحْصُوا۟wa-aḥṣūand keep count
ٱلْعِدَّةَۖl-ʿidata(of) the waiting period
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبَّكُمْۖrabbakumyour Lord
لَاlā(Do) not
تُخْرِجُوهُنَّtukh'rijūhunnaexpel them
مِنۢminfrom
بُيُوتِهِنَّbuyūtihinnatheir houses
وَلَاwalāand not
يَخْرُجْنَyakhruj'nathey should leave
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَأْتِينَyatīnathey commit
بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢbifāḥishatinan immorality
مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢۚmubayyinatinclear
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَتَعَدَّyataʿaddatransgresses
حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَقَدْfaqadthen certainly
ظَلَمَẓalamahe has wronged
نَفْسَهُۥۚnafsahuhimself
لَاlāNot
تَدْرِىtadrīyou know
لَعَلَّlaʿallaPerhaps
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحْدِثُyuḥ'dithuwill bring about
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter