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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 230of 286

فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُۥ ۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٢٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if the latter husband divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon the woman and her former husband for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear to a people who know.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inThen if
طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorces her
فَلَاfalāthen (she is) not
تَحِلُّtaḥillulawful
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدُbaʿduafter (that)
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَنكِحَtankiḥashe marries
زَوْجًاzawjana spouse
غَيْرَهُۥ ۗghayrahuother than him
فَإِنfa-inThen if
طَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorces her
فَلَاfalāthen no
جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
عَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimāon them
أَنanif
يَتَرَاجَعَآyatarājaʿāthey return to each other
إِنinif
ظَنَّآẓannāthey believe
أَنanthat
يُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey (will be able to) keep
حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
حُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يُبَيِّنُهَاyubayyinuhāHe makes them clear
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminto a people
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawho know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Divorce is ThriceThis honorable Ayah abrogated the previous practice in the beginning of Islam, when the man had the right to take back his divorced wife even if he had divorced her a hundred times, as long as she was still in her `Iddah (waiting period). This situation was harmful for the wife, and this is why Allah made the divorce thrice, where the husband is allowed to take back his wife after the first and the second divorce (as long as she is still in her `Iddah).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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