At-Talaq

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِيُّl-nabiyuProphetإِذَاidhāWhenطَلَّقۡتُمُṭallaqtumuyou divorceٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] womenفَطَلِّقُوهُنَّfaṭalliqūhunnathen divorce themلِعِدَّتِهِنَّliʿiddatihinnafor their waiting periodوَأَحۡصُواْwa-aḥṣūand keep countٱلۡعِدَّةَۖl-ʿidata(of) the waiting periodوَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūand fearٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahرَبَّكُمۡۖrabbakumyour Lordلَاlā(Do) notتُخۡرِجُوهُنَّtukh'rijūhunnaexpel themمِنۢminfromبُيُوتِهِنَّbuyūtihinnatheir housesوَلَاwalāand notيَخۡرُجۡنَyakhruj'nathey should leaveإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَأۡتِينَyatīnathey commitبِفَٰحِشَةٖbifāḥishatinan immoralityمُّبَيِّنَةٖۚmubayyinatinclearوَتِلۡكَwatil'kaAnd theseحُدُودُḥudūdu(are the) limitsٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) AllahوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَعَدَّyataʿaddatransgressesحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahفَقَدۡfaqadthen certainlyظَلَمَẓalamahe has wrongedنَفۡسَهُۥۚnafsahuhimselfلَاlāNotتَدۡرِيtadrīyou knowلَعَلَّlaʿallaPerhapsٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيُحۡدِثُyuḥ'dithuwill bring aboutبَعۡدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatأَمۡرٗاamrana matter

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu idhā ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa faṭalliqūhunna liʿiddatihinna wa-aḥṣū l-ʿidata wa-ittaqū l-laha rabbakum lā tukh'rijūhunna min buyūtihinna walā yakhruj'na illā an yatīna bifāḥishatin mubayyinatin watil'ka ḥudūdu l-lahi waman yataʿadda ḥudūda l-lahi faqad ẓalama nafsahu lā tadrī laʿalla l-laha yuḥ'dithu baʿda dhālika amran

O Prophet! ˹Instruct the believers:˺ When you ˹intend to˺ divorce women, then divorce them with concern for their waiting period, and count it accurately. And fear Allah, your Lord. Do not force them out of their homes, nor should they leave—unless they commit a blatant misconduct. These are the limits set by Allah. And whoever transgresses Allah’s limits has truly wronged his own soul. You never know, perhaps Allah will bring about a change ˹of heart˺ later.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenبَلَغۡنَbalaghnathey have reachedأَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir termفَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen retain themبِمَعۡرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinwith kindnessأَوۡaworفَارِقُوهُنَّfāriqūhunnapart with themبِمَعۡرُوفٖbimaʿrūfinwith kindnessوَأَشۡهِدُواْwa-ashhidūAnd take witnessذَوَيۡdhawaytwo menعَدۡلٖʿadlinjustمِّنكُمۡminkumamong youوَأَقِيمُواْwa-aqīmūand establishٱلشَّهَٰدَةَl-shahādatathe testimonyلِلَّهِۚlillahifor AllahذَٰلِكُمۡdhālikumThatيُوعَظُyūʿaẓuis instructedبِهِۦbihiwith itمَنmanwhoeverكَانَkāna[is]يُؤۡمِنُyu'minubelievesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allahوَٱلۡيَوۡمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلۡأٓخِرِۚl-ākhirithe LastوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَّقِyattaqifearsٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيَجۡعَلyajʿalHe will makeلَّهُۥlahufor himمَخۡرَجٗاmakhrajana way out

fa-idhā balaghna ajalahunna fa-amsikūhunna bimaʿrūfin aw fāriqūhunna bimaʿrūfin wa-ashhidū dhaway ʿadlin minkum wa-aqīmū l-shahādata lillahi dhālikum yūʿaẓu bihi man kāna yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri waman yattaqi l-laha yajʿal lahu makhrajan

Then when they have ˹almost˺ reached the end of their waiting period, either retain them honourably or separate from them honourably. And call two of your reliable men to witness ˹either way˺—and ˹let the witnesses˺ bear true testimony for ˹the sake of˺ Allah. This is enjoined on whoever has faith in Allah and the Last Day. And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make a way out for them,

وَيَرۡزُقۡهُwayarzuq'huAnd He will provide for himمِنۡminfromحَيۡثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَحۡتَسِبُۚyaḥtasibuhe thinksوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَكَّلۡyatawakkalputs his trustعَلَىʿalāuponٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahفَهُوَfahuwathen Heحَسۡبُهُۥٓۚḥasbuhu(is) sufficient for himإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahبَٰلِغُbālighu(will) accomplishأَمۡرِهِۦۚamrihiHis purposeقَدۡqadIndeedجَعَلَjaʿalahas setٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلِكُلِّlikullifor everyشَيۡءٖshayinthingقَدۡرٗاqadrana measure

wayarzuq'hu min ḥaythu lā yaḥtasibu waman yatawakkal ʿalā l-lahi fahuwa ḥasbuhu inna l-laha bālighu amrihi qad jaʿala l-lahu likulli shayin qadran

and provide for them from sources they could never imagine. And whoever puts their trust in Allah, then He ˹alone˺ is sufficient for them. Certainly Allah achieves His Will. Allah has already set a destiny for everything.

وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔيwa-allāīAnd those whoيَئِسۡنَya-is'nahave despairedمِنَminaofٱلۡمَحِيضِl-maḥīḍithe menstruationمِنminamongنِّسَآئِكُمۡnisāikumyour womenإِنِiniifٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡir'tabtumyou doubtفَعِدَّتُهُنَّfaʿiddatuhunnathen their waiting periodثَلَٰثَةُthalāthatu(is) threeأَشۡهُرٖashhurinmonthsوَٱلَّٰٓـِٔيwa-allāīand the ones whoلَمۡlamnotيَحِضۡنَۚyaḥiḍ'na[they] menstruatedوَأُوْلَٰتُwa-ulātuAnd those who (are)ٱلۡأَحۡمَالِl-aḥmālipregnantأَجَلُهُنَّajaluhunnatheir termأَنanuntilيَضَعۡنَyaḍaʿnathey deliverحَمۡلَهُنَّۚḥamlahunnatheir burdensوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَّقِyattaqifearsٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيَجۡعَلyajʿalHe will makeلَّهُۥlahufor himمِنۡminofأَمۡرِهِۦamrihihis affairيُسۡرٗاyus'ranease

wa-allāī ya-is'na mina l-maḥīḍi min nisāikum ini ir'tabtum faʿiddatuhunna thalāthatu ashhurin wa-allāī lam yaḥiḍ'na wa-ulātu l-aḥmāli ajaluhunna an yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunna waman yattaqi l-laha yajʿal lahu min amrihi yus'ran

As for your women past the age of menstruation, in case you do not know, their waiting period is three months, and those who have not menstruated as well. As for those who are pregnant, their waiting period ends with delivery. And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make their matters easy for them.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatأَمۡرُamru(is the) Commandٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahأَنزَلَهُۥٓanzalahuwhich He has sent downإِلَيۡكُمۡۚilaykumto youوَمَنwamanand whoeverيَتَّقِyattaqifearsٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيُكَفِّرۡyukaffirHe will removeعَنۡهُʿanhufrom himسَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦsayyiātihihis evil deedsوَيُعۡظِمۡwayuʿ'ẓimand make greatلَهُۥٓlahufor himأَجۡرًاajran(his) reward

dhālika amru l-lahi anzalahu ilaykum waman yattaqi l-laha yukaffir ʿanhu sayyiātihi wayuʿ'ẓim lahu ajran

This is the commandment of Allah, which He has revealed to you. And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will absolve them of their sins and reward them immensely.

أَسۡكِنُوهُنَّaskinūhunnaLodge themمِنۡminfromحَيۡثُḥaythuwhereسَكَنتُمsakantumyou dwellمِّنmin(out) ofوُجۡدِكُمۡwuj'dikumyour meansوَلَاwalāand (do) notتُضَآرُّوهُنَّtuḍārrūhunnaharm themلِتُضَيِّقُواْlituḍayyiqūto distressعَلَيۡهِنَّۚʿalayhinna[on] themوَإِنwa-inAnd ifكُنَّkunnathey areأُوْلَٰتِulātithose (who are)حَمۡلٖḥamlinpregnantفَأَنفِقُواْfa-anfiqūthen spendعَلَيۡهِنَّʿalayhinnaon themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَضَعۡنَyaḍaʿnathey deliverحَمۡلَهُنَّۚḥamlahunnatheir burdenفَإِنۡfa-inThen ifأَرۡضَعۡنَarḍaʿnathey suckleلَكُمۡlakumfor youفَـَٔاتُوهُنَّfaātūhunnathen give themأُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir paymentوَأۡتَمِرُواْwatamirūand consultبَيۡنَكُمbaynakumamong yourselvesبِمَعۡرُوفٖۖbimaʿrūfinwith kindnessوَإِنwa-inbut ifتَعَاسَرۡتُمۡtaʿāsartumyou disagreeفَسَتُرۡضِعُfasatur'ḍiʿuthen may suckleلَهُۥٓlahufor himأُخۡرَىٰukh'rāanother (women)

askinūhunna min ḥaythu sakantum min wuj'dikum walā tuḍārrūhunna lituḍayyiqū ʿalayhinna wa-in kunna ulāti ḥamlin fa-anfiqū ʿalayhinna ḥattā yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunna fa-in arḍaʿna lakum faātūhunna ujūrahunna watamirū baynakum bimaʿrūfin wa-in taʿāsartum fasatur'ḍiʿu lahu ukh'rā

Let them live where you live ˹during their waiting period˺, according to your means. And do not harass them to make their stay unbearable. If they are pregnant, then maintain them until they deliver. And if they nurse your child, compensate them, and consult together courteously. But if you fail to reach an agreement, then another woman will nurse ˹the child˺ for the father.

لِيُنفِقۡliyunfiqLet spendذُوdhūownerسَعَةٖsaʿatin(of) ample meansمِّنminfromسَعَتِهِۦۖsaʿatihihis ample meansوَمَنwamanand (he) whoقُدِرَqudirais restrictedعَلَيۡهِʿalayhion himرِزۡقُهُۥriz'quhuhis provisionفَلۡيُنفِقۡfalyunfiqlet him spendمِمَّآmimmāfrom whatءَاتَىٰهُātāhuhe has been givenٱللَّهُۚl-lahu(by) AllahلَاlāDoes notيُكَلِّفُyukallifuburdenٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahنَفۡسًاnafsanany soulإِلَّاillāexceptمَآmā(with) whatءَاتَىٰهَاۚātāhāHe has given itسَيَجۡعَلُsayajʿaluWill bring aboutٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahبَعۡدَbaʿdaafterعُسۡرٖʿus'rinhardshipيُسۡرٗاyus'ranease

liyunfiq dhū saʿatin min saʿatihi waman qudira ʿalayhi riz'quhu falyunfiq mimmā ātāhu l-lahu lā yukallifu l-lahu nafsan illā mā ātāhā sayajʿalu l-lahu baʿda ʿus'rin yus'ran

Let the man of wealth provide according to his means. As for the one with limited resources, let him provide according to whatever Allah has given him. Allah does not require of any soul beyond what He has given it. After hardship, Allah will bring about ease.

وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how manyمِّنminofقَرۡيَةٍqaryatina townعَتَتۡʿatatrebelledعَنۡʿanagainstأَمۡرِamri(the) Commandرَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) its Lordوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His Messengersفَحَاسَبۡنَٰهَاfaḥāsabnāhāso We took it to accountحِسَابٗاḥisābanan accountشَدِيدٗاshadīdansevereوَعَذَّبۡنَٰهَاwaʿadhabnāhāand We punished itعَذَابٗاʿadhābana punishmentنُّكۡرٗاnuk'ranterrible

waka-ayyin min qaryatin ʿatat ʿan amri rabbihā warusulihi faḥāsabnāhā ḥisāban shadīdan waʿadhabnāhā ʿadhāban nuk'ran

˹Imagine˺ how many societies rebelled against the commandments of their Lord and His messengers, so We called each ˹society˺ to a severe account and subjected them to a horrible punishment.

فَذَاقَتۡfadhāqatSo it tastedوَبَالَwabāla(the bad) consequenceأَمۡرِهَاamrihā(of) its affairوَكَانَwakānaand wasعَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) endأَمۡرِهَاamrihā(of) its affairخُسۡرًاkhus'ranloss

fadhāqat wabāla amrihā wakāna ʿāqibatu amrihā khus'ran

So they tasted the evil consequences of their doings, and the outcome of their doings was ˹total˺ loss.

أَعَدَّaʿaddaHas preparedٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلَهُمۡlahumfor themعَذَابٗاʿadhābana punishmentشَدِيدٗاۖshadīdansevereفَٱتَّقُواْfa-ittaqūSo fearٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيَٰٓأُوْلِيyāulīO menٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِl-albābi(of) understandingٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُواْۚāmanūhave believedقَدۡqadIndeedأَنزَلَanzalaHas sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahإِلَيۡكُمۡilaykumto youذِكۡرٗاdhik'rana Message

aʿadda l-lahu lahum ʿadhāban shadīdan fa-ittaqū l-laha yāulī l-albābi alladhīna āmanū qad anzala l-lahu ilaykum dhik'ran

Allah has ˹also˺ prepared for them a severe punishment. So fear Allah, O people of reason and faith. Allah has indeed revealed to you a Reminder,

رَّسُولٗاrasūlanA Messengerيَتۡلُواْyatlūrecitingعَلَيۡكُمۡʿalaykumto youءَايَٰتِāyāti(the) Versesٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahمُبَيِّنَٰتٖmubayyinātinclearلِّيُخۡرِجَliyukh'rijathat he may bring outٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveوَعَمِلُواْwaʿamilūand doٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deedsمِنَminafromٱلظُّلُمَٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness[es]إِلَىilātowardsٱلنُّورِۚl-nūrithe lightوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُؤۡمِنۢyu'minbelievesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allahوَيَعۡمَلۡwayaʿmaland doesصَٰلِحٗاṣāliḥanrighteous deedsيُدۡخِلۡهُyud'khil'huHe will admit himجَنَّٰتٖjannātin(into) Gardensتَجۡرِيtajrīflowمِنminfromتَحۡتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُl-anhāruthe riversخَٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaabidingفِيهَآfīhāthereinأَبَدٗاۖabadanforeverقَدۡqadIndeedأَحۡسَنَaḥsanaHas been (granted) goodٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allahلَهُۥlahufor himرِزۡقًاriz'qanprovision

rasūlan yatlū ʿalaykum āyāti l-lahi mubayyinātin liyukh'rija alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti mina l-ẓulumāti ilā l-nūri waman yu'min bil-lahi wayaʿmal ṣāliḥan yud'khil'hu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā abadan qad aḥsana l-lahu lahu riz'qan

˹and sent˺ a messenger reciting to you Allah’s revelations, making things clear so that He may bring those who believe and do good out of darkness and into light. And whoever believes in Allah and does good will be admitted by Him into Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there for ever and ever. Allah will have indeed granted them an excellent provision.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllahٱلَّذِيalladhī(is) He Whoخَلَقَkhalaqacreatedسَبۡعَsabʿasevenسَمَٰوَٰتٖsamāwātinheavensوَمِنَwaminaand ofٱلۡأَرۡضِl-arḍithe earthمِثۡلَهُنَّۖmith'lahunna(the) like of themيَتَنَزَّلُyatanazzaluDescendsٱلۡأَمۡرُl-amruthe commandبَيۡنَهُنَّbaynahunnabetween themلِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْlitaʿlamūthat you may knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahعَلَىٰʿalā(is) onكُلِّkullieveryشَيۡءٖshayinthingقَدِيرٞqadīrunAll-Powerfulوَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahقَدۡqadindeedأَحَاطَaḥāṭaencompassesبِكُلِّbikulliallشَيۡءٍshayinthingsعِلۡمَۢاʿil'man(in) knowledge

al-lahu alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin wamina l-arḍi mith'lahunna yatanazzalu l-amru baynahunna litaʿlamū anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun wa-anna l-laha qad aḥāṭa bikulli shayin ʿil'man

Allah is the One Who created seven heavens ˹in layers˺, and likewise for the earth. The ˹divine˺ command descends between them so you may know that Allah is Most Capable of everything and that Allah certainly encompasses all things in ˹His˺ knowledge.