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At-Talaq (The Divorce)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ ۖ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ لَا تَدْرِى لَعَلَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرًۭا﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

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 Allah, 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] Allah. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [different] matter.

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-Madinahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.There is a Period during which Divorced Women remain in Their HomesThe Prophet was addressed first in this Ayah, to honor him, even though his Ummah is also being addressed in Allah's statement,يأيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَآءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ(O Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them at their `Iddah) Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdul...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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