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An-Nisa (The Women)

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وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَٱبْعَثُوا۟ حَكَمًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِۦ وَحَكَمًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن يُرِيدَآ إِصْلَٰحًۭا يُوَفِّقِ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًۭا﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things].

Word-by-word meaning

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
بَيْنَهُمَآ ۗbaynahumābetween both of them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower
خَبِيرًۭاkhabīranAll-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Appointing Two Arbitrators When the Possibility of Estrangement Between Husband and Wife OccursAllah first mentioned the case of rebellion on the part of the wife. He then mentioned the case of estrangement and alienation between the two spouses. Allah said,وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُواْ حَكَماً مِّنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَماً مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ(If you fear a breach between the two, appoint (two) arbitrators, one from his family).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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