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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 49of 73

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍۢ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًۭا جَمِيلًۭا﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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
تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖtaʿtaddūnahā(to) count concerning them
فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّfamattiʿūhunnaSo provide for them
وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّwasarriḥūhunnaand release them
سَرَاحًۭاsarāḥan(with) a release
جَمِيلًۭاjamīlangood

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

A Gift and no (Iddah) for Women Who are divorced before Consummation of the MarriageThis Ayah contains many rulings, including the use of the word Nikah for the marriage contract alone. There is no other Ayah in the Qur'an that is clearer than this on this point. It also indicates that it is permissible to divorce a woman before consummating the marriage with her.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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