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At-Talaq (The Divorce)

Verse 4of 12

وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔى يَئِسْنَ مِنَ ٱلْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَٰثَةُ أَشْهُرٍۢ وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔى لَمْ يَحِضْنَ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰتُ ٱلْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ يُسْرًۭا﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated. And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔىwa-allāīAnd those who
يَئِسْنَya-is'nahave despaired
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمَحِيضِl-maḥīḍithe menstruation
مِنminamong
نِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour women
إِنِiniif
ٱرْتَبْتُمْir'tabtumyou doubt
فَعِدَّتُهُنَّfaʿiddatuhunnathen their waiting period
ثَلَـٰثَةُthalāthatu(is) three
أَشْهُرٍۢashhurinmonths
وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔىwa-allāīand the ones who
لَمْlamnot
يَحِضْنَ ۚyaḥiḍ'na[they] menstruated
وَأُو۟لَـٰتُwa-ulātuAnd those who (are)
ٱلْأَحْمَالِl-aḥmālipregnant
أَجَلُهُنَّajaluhunnatheir term
أَنanuntil
يَضَعْنَyaḍaʿnathey deliver
حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚḥamlahunnatheir burdens
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَتَّقِyattaqifears
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَجْعَلyajʿalHe will make
لَّهُۥlahufor him
مِنْminof
أَمْرِهِۦamrihihis affair
يُسْرًۭاyus'ranease

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The `Iddah of Those in Menopause and Those Who do not have MensesAllah the Exalted clarifies the waiting period of the woman in menopause. And that is the one whose menstruation has stopped due to her older age. Her `Iddah is three months instead of the three monthly cycles for those who menstruate, which is based upon the Ayah in (Surat) Al-Baqarah. see 2:228 The same for the young, who have not reached the years of menstruation. Their `Iddah is three months like those in menopause.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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